Quotes About Commitment

What was so tough, you had to get all worked up over them? He didn't get it. You just did your job, you were faithful to your wife, you stuck by your friends. That was it.

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The denial that there are objective values does not commit one to any particular view about what moral statements mean, and certainly not to the view that they are equivalent to subjective reports.

You want to be a thing? Make yourself that thing.

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

People do not risk their lives in the face of persecution to uphold a view they believe to be in error or only somewhat probable.

The philosopher must argue for sense experience by appealing to sense experience. What choice does he have? If he appeals to something else as his final authority, he is simply being inconsistent. But this is the case with any basic commitment. When we are arguing on behalf of an absolute authority, then our final appeal must be to that authority and to no other. A proof of the primacy of reason must appeal to reason; a proof of the necessity of logic must appeal to logic;

Work is easier when its just work; it's much harder when you actually care.

I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages.

I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it.

Well, I've learnt this much: it doesn't matter what it costs, it's worth paying the price. You can't live cheap and you can't live for nothing. Pay the price and be proud you've paid it, that's what I reckon.

If I have to do battle with you a thousand times to prove my point, I'll do it.' The queen unwisely asked, 'But to prove what point, my dear Hamlet?' 'That I loved Ophelia! Fifty thousand brothers, with all the love they can summon, would not equal my love for here. Ophelia, Ophelia.

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The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Antes que cualquier otra relación, Cristo debe ser nuestra prioridad máxima. Cristo busca un compromiso basado en la convicción, no en la preferencia; es decir, debemos consagrarnos a Cristo por lo que él es y por lo que ha hecho por nosotros, no por alguna ventaja inmediata que puedan aportar nuestra fe y nuestro compromiso con él.

Returning the tithe is a statement of faith in God.

La fidelidad, según Pablo, no tiene nada que ver con la popularidad. Es lealtad comprometida con los deberes asignados por Dios, ni más ni menos. El hecho de que no podemos ser fieles a la multitud y a nuestro Dios al mismo tiempo es tan cierto como el hecho de que no podemos servir a Dios y a las riquezas.

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn't show yet.

Ordinary people with commitments can make an extraordinary impact in their world

Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself.

A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring.

Every song I put on a record could be a single and I just pack my bags for it... and the minute it takes off, I'm not gonna be home for a while.

If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.