Quotes About Commitment

he came for her sake alone.

You think so now; but there'll come a time when you will care for somebody, and you'll love him tremendously, and live and die for him. I know you will - it's your way, - and I shall have to stand by and see it

What excessive promises, giving yourself away to get the other. What a thing, what a gift, always given before it is known the cost or the reward.

Why, you know I don't mind hard jobs much, and there must always be one scrub in a family. Amy is splendid in fine works and I'm not, but I feel in my element when all the carpets are to be taken up, or half the family fall sick at once. Amy is distinguishing herself abroad, but if anything is amiss at home, I'm your man.

Jo leaned down to kiss the tranquil face, and with that silent kiss, she dedicated herself soul and body to Beth.

I think you will find someone and love them and you will live and die for them because that is your way and you will.

I think you will find someone and love them and you will live and die for them because that is your way and you will. And I'll watch…

When we begin a new project, as embryonic or unsatisfactory as our early work may seem, we're readying ourselves for the deeper work that comes later. We learn about ourselves as writers. We establish our work's foundation. We permit ourselves to play and explore. We commit—or recommit—to working steadily and purposefully.

We push aside work that takes long—novels, poetry collections, biographies, articles, memoirs—to write e-mail messages that take little time while complaining we have no time to write.

Decide first what is authentic,then go after it with all your heart.

What I am doing now is for the future, though it may seem small, or trivial, or boring, to you.

Once Washington had set his sights on independence, his vision was unblinking, and his consistency proved one of his most compelling qualities.

Yet Junius never saw how much his own unbending style and unrealistically high standards had contributed to Pierpont's slavish dedication to work.

you'll find plenty to keep you busy, just do whatever you see before you that needs to be done.

Eliza received sympathy from her neighbors, who felt she was being abused by her husband. Yet she remained loyal to him

As far as Archbold was concerned, Rockefeller was now in too deep to back out.

Laura was sufficiently pleased with work that she felt in no special rush to get married.

In the end, nobody would do more than Alexander Hamilton to infuse life into this parchment and make it the working mandate of the American government.

Nothing could keep him from his morning game.

As he grew more comfortable in his presence, he developed a powerful loyalty to him.

spending months apart from his wife each year.

He and William agreed to cancel their mortgage on Frank's Kansas ranch.

Frank advised his friend not to sell under any circumstances.

When he exhausted his list, he simply started over from the top and visited several firms two or three times.