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Quotes About Commitment

He said if he ever got out this time he wouldn't ever be a prisoner again, not for a salary.
~ Mark Twain
Senle bense dikiÅŸ makinesiyiz. Elimizden ne geliyorsa onu yap?p çaba göstermeliyiz. DüÅŸüncesizler, bize goblen kumaÅŸ üretmediÄŸimiz için sitem ettiklerinde onlar? hiç umursamamal?y?z.
~ Mark Twain
Yes, one might say that her motto was "Work! stick to it; keep on working!" for in war she never knew what indolence was. And whoever will take that motto and live by it will likely to succeed. There's many a way to win in this world, but none of them is worth much without good hard work back out of it.
~ Mark Twain
gathering resolution; took in a big breath and began. When he entered the kitchen presently, with both eyes shut and groping for the towel with his hands, an honorable testimony of suds and water was dripping from his
~ Mark Twain
to make a pledge of any kind is to declare war against nature; for a pledge is a chain that is always clanking and reminding the wearer of it that he is not a free man.
~ Mark Twain
El trabajo consiste en lo que el hombre se ve obligado a hacer, y que el juego consiste en lo que el hombre no se ve obligado a hacer.
~ Mark Twain
Harry would take off his coat, remove his cravat, roll up his shirt-sleeves, give his curly hair the right touch before the glass, get out his book on engineering, his boxes of instruments, his drawing paper, his profile paper, open the book of logarithms, mix his India ink, sharpen his pencils, light a cigar, and sit down at the table to lay out a line, with the most grave notion that he was mastering the details of engineering.
~ Mark Twain
I need to get in line,' I said. 'Should I walk up with you?' 'No,' I said, 'because we'll start this routine all over.' 'What if I want to?' 'I'd like that,' I said. 'But don't.
~ Mark Wallace
I must read. I must read. I must read.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
Not only had Navidson carried Karen out of that house, he had picked her up a hundred times over the course of eleven years and carried her fear, her torment, and her distance.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
L'Amore è tutto! - Libertà , obietta poi quello brutto. - Amore e Libertà sono tutt'uno. - E Matrimonio? Là dove l'Amore, accettando la fine della Libertà, garantisce il Suo disfacimento.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
Maybe I've said that already. Doesn't matter. Where she's concerned I'm happy to repeat myself.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
I'd been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town. I didn't go to university. I went to Audrey.
~ Markus Zusak
Something I'd like to be perfect at? ... Loving you,' I said. The words climbed from my mouth. 'I'd want to be perfect at loving you.
~ Markus Zusak
The commitment had disappeared, and although he still watched the imagined glory of stealing, she could see now he was not believing. He was trying to believe it, and that's never a good sign.
~ Markus Zusak
I felt something and vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever. I vowed it and had all the confidence in the world that I would keep the vow.
~ Markus Zusak
Well, promise me one thing, Liesel. If I die anytime soon, you make sure they bury me right.
~ Markus Zusak
You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know you're a writer – when you take the failures and appear at the desk again, over and over again.
~ Markus Zusak
Puedo quedarme, Ed? Me acerco. —Claro que puedes quedarte esta noche. —Pero menea la cabeza y sus ojos finalmente se centran. Da un paso al frente y alarga un brazo. —No quiero decir esta noche —aclara—. Quiero decir para siempre.
~ Markus Zusak
A Definition Not Found In The Dictionary - Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children
~ Markus Zusak
DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children
~ Markus Zusak
I wonder if she'll ever know that no one will love her as hard as I do.
~ Markus Zusak
If someone wanted to be a runner, you don't tell them to think about running, you tell them to run. And the same simple idea applies to writing, I hope.
~ Markus Zusak
He's the type who is unafraid to make a decision. In this case, Rudy had already made up his mind about Liesel Meminger.
~ Markus Zusak