Quotes About Commitment

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21)

It is the seeming contradiction that we must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong.

A] man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

But how can one write a book with any integrity," he wonders, "if there is no assurance of the few years time any good book takes?

If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the most satisfying lives there was to be had. Then he warned me that satisfaction would come at a great cost to me and any family I might have. I should never expected to be thanked; a soldier, if he was going to be content, had to understand that no civilian, no government, sometimes not even the army itself, would recognize the true nature of the scarifies he made.

We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.

Loyalty is not the kind of exclusive deal, it's just a sincere communication and the same values.

Ma se tu ami veramente qualcuno o qualcosa, dagli tutto quello che hai e anche tutto quello che sei, e fregatene del resto…

Il vero amore c'è quando esiste solo l'altro.»

I'm a man of honor, Lili; of honor. — Yes, and the world ain't what it used to be, is it Colonel? — But I haven't changed, Lili, I refuse to change. I won't throw in the sponge.

Obviously, I wasn't mistaking cathedrals for custard, but, having been raised among the kites of 'that crazy old Fleury,' I had a soft spot for anything that allows a man to give the best of himself.

Not that I would describe fidelity as an exclusive contract, but rather a mutual devotion within shared assumptions. [...] She was greatly distressed, clearly more distressed than my condition warranted, and explained to me that when she was called and told of my accident she had been on the point of going to bed with a friend of mine. She left without a word to come to my side. That is what I mean by fidelity: putting love before pleasure.

Lorsqu'on a aimé une femme de tous ses yeux, de tous ses matins, de toutes les forêts, champs, sources et oiseaux, on sait qu'on ne l'à pas encore aimée assez et que le monde n'est qu'un commencement de tout ce qui vous reste à faire.

From flophouse bed To poorhouse bread, all outhouse sorrow: I thee wed.

Asceticism means that a man resolves to live as a man.

Essentially a soldier, the Christian is always on the lookout.

On the other hand, if a renunciation is to be truly heroic, the thing renounced must admittedly be valuable.

Maintain a clear line of sight to the difference you are hoping to make, and hold fast to that dream as you face the costs of the rise to power.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)

Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things Ã¢â'¬Â¦ fail because we lack concentration—the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?

For the first time, it struck me that when Denver said he'd be my friend for life, he meant it-for better or for worse. The hell of it was, Mr. Ballantine never wanted a friend, especially a black one. But once Denver committed, he stuck. It reminded me of what Jesus told His disciples 'Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

But if you is lookin for a real friend, then I'll be one. Forever