Inspiring Dedication Quotes to Fuel Your Passion

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

- Thomas A. Edison

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

"Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off. But never, ever, ever give up."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"Dedicate yourself to what gives your life true meaning and purpose; make a positive difference in someone's life."

- Roy T. Bennett

"To succeed we need commitment, discipline, dedication, and determination. And if you can amalgamate all of the above qualities with your passion and energy then no one can stop you from achieving the uncommon!"

- Avijeet Das

"In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours."

- Michael Jackson

"Dream and Dedication are a powerful combination."

- William Longgood

"The best warrior is dedicated and passionate yet clearheaded. It is not about revenge or victory. It is about honor."

- Kelley Armstrong

"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."

- Robert M. Pirsig

"Together, we form a necessary paradox; not a senseless contradiction."

- Criss Jami

"Imagine a nation comprised of California Hawaii Oregon and Washington. Imagine a country that is the most advanced in science and technology, and easily the most prosperous nation in the world. A nation saddled with no debt. A nation possessing all western seaports with regard to economic trade. So imagine a nation of great wealth and prosperity that is dedicated to a higher way for humanity. A way of peace for all humans, planetary protection and healing, advancement of science and technology."

- Leland Lewis

"In addition, of course, they would be taken to a bath and in the bath vestibule they would be ordered to leave their leather coats, their Romanov sheepskin coats, their woolen sweaters, their suits of fine wool, their felt cloaks, their leather boots, their felt boots (for, after all, these were no illiterate peasants this time, but the Party elite—editors of newspapers, directors of trusts and factories, responsible officials in the provincial Party committees, professors of political economy, and, by the beginning of the thirties, all of them understood what good merchandise was)."

- Alexander Solzhenitsyn