Jack Kerouac Quotes

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

Once I get on a puzzle, I can't get off.

Well, I am obsessive about my work. I throw myself in all the way.

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Whenever I do something, I tend to focus on it and spend all of my time and energy on it.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

What I did have, which others perhaps didn't, was a capacity for sticking at it, which really is the point, not the talent at all. You have to stick at it.

I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.

There is no plan B for passion

We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course.

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

I think that self-discipline has to be accompanied by passion.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

I'm gonna sit here on this runway until I'm at the end of it. Because that's that thing that people slave over. That's that thing that people are slaves to. That's that thing that I'm a slave to.

You've just got to keep playing and keep working hard to get where you're supposed to be.

The only thing I want to do is keep working and keep giving everything I can in every game.

The key to anyone's success is staying with it!

When I'm going to do something, I go all in.

Dev sahab was indefatigable. Till the end, he believed in what he did.