Quotes about Dedication

If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.

True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

I always back myself as a finisher, but I always practise it as well. Every type of finish: left foot, right foot, headers, penalties, free kicks.

But just improving each day, that's just the ultimate goal from now until I'm no longer on this earth.

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.

You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.