“Work hard. Be honest. Take everything from life. Dedicate your life to the eternal.”

“There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“All the Apollo people were working hard, working long hours, and were dedicated to making certain everything they did, they were doing to the very best of their ability.”

Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) American astronaut; first person to walk on the moon

“There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for
life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises….
If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest,
not what pays”

Toni Morrison (1931–2019) American writer

“The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.”

Annie Dillard (1945) American writer

“This is eternal life; a life of everlasting love, showing itself in everlasting good works; and whosoever lives that life, he lives the life of God, and hath eternal life.”

Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist

“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”

Irving Stone book The Agony and the Ecstasy

“You should meditate and dedicate your entire life to the Creator.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

“I'd say exercising self-control is very important for a dissolute life. You don't need to control your drug intake to lead a free life. Whether you take no drugs at all or everything you can get your hands on, a free life is separated from that.”

Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist