#dedication

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#emotion #frenzied #lifetime #outburst #patriotism

To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#dedications #on-writing #aspiration

A trusting heart will follow, only those who truly follow their heart. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#heart #love #loyalty #strength-of-character #trust

Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#inspiration #inspirational

If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it. ↗

— John Mayer

#dedication #imagination #inspiration #imagination

This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#dedication #first #got #job #kind

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft. ↗

— Lavrenti Lopes

#craft #dedication #dustin #dustin hoffman #hoffman

I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication. ↗

— Huston Smith

#answer #any #authentic #dedication #difference

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

#belief #beliefs #center #cooperation #dedication

[G]rowing into your future with health and grace and beauty doesn’t have to take all your time. It rather requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is. (267-268) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#aging-well #beauty #care #dedication #grace