Quotes About Commitment

Nor will I live longer so, for though I will not say one word of penance for my love, which is there and remains forever, yet from now on I will be separate from him.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.

God's people should plan for a voyage of a thousand years, but be prepared to abandon ship tonight.

I wish to be certain that I am converted myself, before I leave my converted brethren to convert heathens.

Everybody makes himself inconspicuous when the captain asks for volunteers for night patrol. But one man, the pure warrior, has already rubbed burnt cork on his face. He believes winning the war is his personal responsibility.

When you make a sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.

The chief reason why marriage is rarely a success is that it is contracted while the partners are insane.

For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort.

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.

It was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.

I can't be yours forever, Mab," I told her, the words flying into my mouth as if by magic. "I already belong to someone else. I belong to Alice!

Ive chosen my path - and right or wrong, it's the one I tread.

Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others . - Mam

What seems clear to me,' Karl Wertheimer joined in, 'is that Eli Black believes in the myth of the artist. This is a myth that holds that everything must be sacrificed for art. It may not be a foolish myth if one is, say, Michelangelo or Beethoven. But if one is less than that then the myth of the artist is very destructive, sadly so for people who become too closely involved with him.

Facing the couple, Cardinal Fitzroy said, "My dear friends, you have come together in this place so that the Lord may seal and strengthen your love in the presence of the Church's minister and this gathering of friends. Christ abundantly blesses this love. Since it is your intention to enter into marriage, join your hands, and declare your consent.

Byron, do you take Jean to be your wife, to be true to her in good times and bad, to love and honor her in all the days of your life?" "I do," he said.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future.

The commitment to morality, or non-harming, is a source of tremendous strength, because it helps free the mind from the remorse of having done unwholesome actions. Freedom from remorse leads to happiness. Happiness leads to concentration. Concentration brings wisdom. And wisdom is the source of peace and freedom in our lives.

To my wife Marganit and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam without whom this book would have been completed two years earlier.

Acceptance and commitment therapy, a variant on cognitive therapy, attempts to teach people to accept rather than change their emotions and make decisions within the context of what they value, as opposed to letting negative feelings control their behavior.