Quotes About Commitment

and a completely unfair question popped into my mind.

he was the one who had put in the most time caring for Walker.

People spend years of sixty-, seventy-, eighty-hour weeks building their base of knowledge and experience before going out into practice on their own—whether they are doctors or professors or lawyers or engineers. They have sought to perfect themselves.

It took her several minutes alone with her father before she could sign.

People readily demonstrate a willingness to sacrifice their safety and survival for the sake of something beyond themselves, such as family, country, or justice.

But finding a good idea is apparently not all that hard. Finding an entrepreneur who can execute a good idea is a different matter entirely. One needs a person who can take an idea from proposal to reality, work the long hours, build a team, handle the pressures and setbacks, manage technical and people problems alike, and stick with the effort for years on end without getting distracted or going insane. Such people are rare and extremely hard to spot.

He found the work deeply satisfying, despite the gruelling hours.

he had to give up the firm to his partners.

This book exists thanks to her love and dedication. So it is dedicated to her.

A seemingly happy life may be empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves.

Josiah Royce

As with many doctors, his job was his identity.

I would have gone through with it even if they told me there was a fifty percent chance of death.

Just ticking boxes is not the ultimate goal here. Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is.

In fact, he argued, human beings need loyalty. It does not necessarily produce happiness, and can even be painful, but we all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable.

His thirty-something son moved in to care for him.

I offered no excuses. I promised to be better prepared for such cases and to be quicker to ask for help.

Effort does matter; diligence and attention to the minutest details can save you.

I wouldn't be a surgeon if I thought otherwise.)

The effort and expense it took to keep him going were enormous

we all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable. Without it, we have only our desires to guide us, and they are fleeting, capricious, and insatiable. They provide, ultimately, only torment.

I'd eat right through pain—even to the point of throwing up

Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is.

But finding a good idea is apparently not all that hard. Finding an entrepreneur who can execute a good idea is a different matter entirely. One needs a person who can take an idea from proposal to reality, work the long hours, build a team, handle the pressures and setbacks, manage technical and people problems alike, and stick with the effort for years on end without getting distracted or going insane. Such people are rare and extremely hard to spot. Smart