Quotes About Commitment

That isn't how I see it, Amber. That isn't how I see it at all. It's just my life, and now that I have finally discovered what I must have to be happy, I'm willing to lay down my life for it. That's all.' She smiled. 'That is all . You are right. And that is all that All ever is.

It is worse than useless to do things halfway, Bee. For then you think the work is done, but someone must come behind you later to do it all over again. Even if you must work much harder and get less done, it is better to do the whole task the first time.

You've many tasks and duties, and I won't claim to know all that you do for our prince. I'm sure that at any moment of the day, you can find some reason to be too busy for this. But a man makes time for what is important in his life.

True courage is facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, and the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right.

True courage is facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, and the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right.' She

Sometimes, it would be much easier to die for one's king than to give one's life for him.

He got to the point. No idle questions about me, or you, or what was going on. He had found the thing he could do and come to do it. I like that in a man. Knowing what he can do, and doing it.

For years, as your health has waned, I have served you. Were I disloyal, I would have proved it years ago. Loyalty, however, is hard to prove." "Because loyalty can change, it must be proven every day.

If you want the game, you must stalk it. That is all. You cannot say, To stalk this takes too long, I wish to simply eat. It is all one. The stalking is the beginning of the eating.

It's not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed." "Even when it's stupid to try?" he asked with savage sarcasm. "Especially then," she replied sweetly. "That's how it's done, Trell. You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost. That's how you do it.

There isn't much in a man's head that can't be cured by working and taking care of something else

Accept the discipline, live up to the task.

We who serve the Servants aid them to keep that heart beating steadily.

Especially then," she replied sweetly. "That's how it's done, Trell. You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost.

If you weed, you must do it well. Take it all out, down to the deepest root. Otherwise, it will just come back. It will be stronger than ever, and you will have that work to do over again. Or someone else must take on your unfinished task.

The axe is his weapon." Verity nodded slowly, "And he is mine.

Sometimes," Chade observed, "It would be much easier to die for one's king than to give one's life to him.

You know your duty and you are doing it. It isn't your fault if Althea can't appreciate that.

You cannot claim that authority one moment, and then shoulder aside from it the next. Crowns cannot be doffed so lightly.

I'm too old to be doing this anymore." He repeated his favorite complaint. "No. You're not. You'll only be old when you try to stop doing this

I couldn't tell him it would come out right, because I wasn't sure it would. I couldn't tell him that I'd trust his judgment, because I didn't. Then Hap found the words for both of us. "I love you, Tom. I'll keep trying." I sighed in relief. "Me, too. I love you, and I'll keep trying.

I will always choose to believe you first. So it is your serious responsibility to be righteous in what you do.

They all need the others to say, yes, yes, this is what we should be doing, it's worth the risk. And now that they've decided it, the decision is bigger than all of them. Not one of them could turn back on their own.

if love doesnt come first and linger after, if love cant wait and endure disappointment and seperation, then its not love.