Quotes About Commitment

It is foolish to think that you can withdraw from the Exchange after you have tasted the sweetness of the honey.

January 18, 1953: I am now definitely committed [to Minerals & Chemicals] for not less than three more years … and morally committed to see the thing through. While I can't conceive that this business will ever seem enough, an end of itself, to make up a satisfactory life, yet the busy-ness, the activity, the crises, the gambles, the management problems I must face, the judgment about people, all combine to make something far from dull.

We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice -- no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Love sharpens the eye, the ear, the touch; it quickens the feet, it steadies the hand, it arms against the wet and the cold. What we love to do, that we do well. To know is not all; it is only half. To love is the other half

Everyone would like to have stronger faith. By themselves, the scriptures may not strengthen your faith, but being faithful to what they teach, does. In other words, faith cannot be separated from faithfulness.

And I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife.' Well Mr. Go-And-Do just went and did!

This might be a good time to express a little thought: If you really don't want to marry someone, that's probably a good sign that you shouldn't. (You might want to jot that one down somewhere.)

One of the best things I did during my single years was read books and listen to tapes on marriage. (You can't be too conspicuous, of course.) I learned so much about what makes good marriages work that it changed why I dated, how I dated, and even whom I dated.

marry someone you're attracted to inside and out, marry your best friend, and marry someone you love.

It's important to marry someone you love, but it's also important to marry someone you like. In other words, you like being together, you like to do the same things, you like each other. You're friends! Romance may have ups and downs, but friendship endures.

Elder James E. Faust expressed a similar feeling this way: "Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness" (Ensign, November 1977, p. 11).

Without this type of intimacy, you may be tempted to look elsewhere for friendship.

Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.

The TIF is designed to be held for a lifetime.

At the outset, investing is an act of faith, a willingness to postpone present consumption and save for the future.