personal dedication Quotes

My father - a Lebanese-origin small businessman - had a stroke in 1997 and couldn't work anymore. I paused my career and made sure he was taken care of by overseeing the sale of his businesses, but after that, I was able to dedicate myself to politics. It's what I had always wanted.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

A player cannot rely only on his name to make a difference but also has to work hard and make things happen on the pitch.

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.

It's my commitment to the nation's security, it's my commitment to the men and women in uniform that drives me. Not anything else.

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.

I want people to appreciate all the time and effort that I put into my art and my music.

As a player, I don't want to come off the field.

When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some holiday project and I would lose interest. I think my parents thought the same thing, and they were surprised when I kept going. I'm not sure I thought I would keep going, but then it became a big part of my life.

Photography is not something you retire from.

Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.

I get up now at 5:30 in the morning. I practice the guitar for a couple of hours - I do that before I even start my day.

I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.

Whoever is on the bench always says he isn't playing enough. I work hard and try to do my best. And I try to show on the pitch, even when I only get five minutes, that I can do something.

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

Golf is a passion that will stay with me forever. That's all I know.

We all like music in my family, but I'm the only one who's made it my life.

I love cricket and I have no intention to retire

When we do what we have to do we are compliant. When we do what we choose to do we are committed.

Don't aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run — in the long run, I say — success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.

In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special commitment to acting.

Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'

There will always be books as long as I am mentally capable of it.

I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.