Quotes About Commitment

The commitment of marriage can frequently arouse some rather peculiar behaviour in men and women alike, but the bizarre notion that one can change the character of one's mate seems to occur more often to women than to men.

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

I'm working myself to death.

Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each.

A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years thee will I clean up after thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.'

I have never, not once, violated my public trust.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

God doesn't want new methods; He wants new men.

You cannot take credit for your blessings, but you can certainly commit to not f---ing them up.

That's how it is with me. I keep burning. I am the burning man.

And I to my pledged word am true,I shall not fail that rendezvous.

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel ' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

You Will Be What You Decide to Be, Nothing Less, Nothing More

The humorist George Ade once said, 'Don't pity the martyrs, they love the work.

When you settle for "vanilla" objectives such as "increased clarity," or "more confidence," or "higher commitment" (which I call "human resources objectives" because they are so weak and nonmeasurable), you deny yourself the opportunity to create dynamic ROI, where the client receives huge benefit and your equitable compensation is quite reasonable in light of that improvement.

Lust fades, so you'd better be with someone who can stand you.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!

You really have to be a morning person if you want to be a teacher.

To me, marriage is partly a religious thing and I'm not religious.