Quotes About Commitment

There are honorable men who spend all their lives preparing for a supreme act of treachery

Raw brilliance needs long years of hard work to develop properly.

De fiecare data, imi aparea tot mai clar ca unicul lucru pe care doream sa-l fac in viata era sa devin scriitor si astfel mi se intarea convingerea ca singura cale pentru a reusi este aceea de a te darui, trup si suflet, numai literaturii.

Servir, servir, servir Al Ejército de la Nación Servir, servir, servir Con mucha dedicación

We do so many things together. We go to theatres, exhibitions, bookstores, we spend hours and hours discussing politics, books, films, friends. And you think I do these things for the same reason you do, because I enjoy them. But you're wrong. I do them all for it, for the tapeworm. That's how it seems to me: that my whole life is no longer for my sake but for the sake of what I carry inside me, of which I am now no more than a servant.

Ninguna otra novela me ha dado tanto trabajo; por eso, si tuviera que salvar del fuego una sola de las que he escrito, salvaría ésta.

Ik was de onbaatzuchtigste, de meest toegewijde van haar minnaars en gelegenheidsvriendjes. De opofferingsgezinde, gezeglijke sukkel.

La vocación literaria no es un pasatiempo, un deporte, un juego refinado que se practica en los ratos de ocio. Es una dedicación exclusiva y excluyente, una prioridad a la que nada puede anteponerse, una servidumbre libremente elegida que hace de sus víctimas (de sus dichosas victimas) unos esclavos.

Als je in Parijs wilt blijven, mijn huis is jouw huis,' zei ik heel serieus. 'En als je nog een keer wilt trouwen, dan trouwen we. Mij maakt het geen bal uit of je nu bigamiste of trigamiste bent.

Ik ben benieuwd of je nog verliefder op me wordt of me in de steek laat voor een van die ondeugende Peruaanse meisjes, brave jongen.' 'Wat ondeugende Peruaanse meisjes betreft heb ik aan jou mijn handen al meer dan vol.

Dos que trabajan juntos no deben encamarse, el amor y el trabajo son incompatibles, encamarse rima con pelearse. Así

No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say Oh, my gosh, and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.

People in love feel that way all the time, like they don't know what they've done to deserve each other.

They should really tack that on to the marriage ceremony: 'Do you promise to love, honor, obey me, and also to kill me when I can no longer stand in a shower?

The shelf life of any great love is fifteen years. After that you need a serious preservative, which can seriously harm your health.

But now that you mention it, will you promise to off me when I'm ninety and never leave home without an oxygen tank? Make a day of it. Just roll me and my wheelchair off the George Washington Bridge and call it a life. Deal? The request seemed to make her smile. Deal. They should really tack that on to the marriage ceremony. 'Do you promise to love, honor, obey me, and also to kill me when I can no longer stand in a shower?'?

I also remembered that love and commitment can flourish without a wedding ring. Neither a ceremony nor sharing the key to the same house is a guarantee of readiness to give of oneself and to be fully open to another, which is what the bonds of real love entail. Quiet as it's kept, love is not easily defined, quickly mastered, or nonchalantly tossed aside.

To die a martyr is to inject blood into the veins of society

Marriage, it's like roulette: Sometimes one wins, often one loses. Even if you're very in love, it can still go bad.

A vast tenderness swept him, and a great reverence. Now she belonged to him and her face was his to shield. In regret and joy he draped her, his personal Torah, which now must be returned to the ark to await their covenant.

As important as high aspirations and ideals are, we have to do something with them, and that takes courage. "He without an ideal is sorry indeed; he with an ideal and lacking courage to live it is sorrier still. Know that" (1402-1).

Self-sacrifice is a hallmark of healthy church life.

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ.

Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It's storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It's a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn't radical. It's normal. It's time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It's time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!