If you don't have the skills or dedication to do what you set out to do, you will most likely fall short.
When it was over Friday night, the emotions bubbled over as Ledecky wept in the mixed zone – a catharsis hard-won after untold hours of dedication to a set of goals that, one by one this week, were achieved.
Sir Chris Hoy's dedication to training set him apart from other athletes, according to former Team Scotland cyclist Richard Moore.
The world's continuing dedication to a set of global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease is no small triumph in an era marked by cynicism, the fraying of social bonds and the widespread fears of economic dislocation.
Schaar's paradigmatic example is the United States, whose citizens "were bonded together not by blood or religion, not by tradition or territory, not by the walls and traditions of a city, but by a political idea … by a covenant, by dedication to a set of principles and by an exchange of promises to uphold and advance certain commitments" (Schaar 1981, 291).
She has a dedication to a set of issues and a great way of accomplishing them -- and I think we need more examples of that.
Fifty-three years later, in dedication to Updike, we set out to retrace the writer's steps across the streets and through the buildings.
Activist of the year Mary Adams described him as a true citizen leader, known for his courage, dedication, and his keen ability to "set brushfires of freedom in the minds of men".
Like her, I've been fortunate in love, but in her courage, her poetry and her dedication to social justice, she sets the bar for me.
Singer and Producer Christopher McQuarrie were impressed by Schofield's professionalism and dedication to show up on set for scenes without his character, and the filmmakers expanded his role as a result.
