Quotes About Commitment

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.

There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.

Hebrews 11:25).

The feet of the Christian need to tread the narrow path that the Savior trod, keeping in step with Him.

Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.

It could be said that going to church will not make one a Christian. But . . . refusing to fellowship with believers will not make you one either.

Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ.

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage; not to a frolic, but to a fight. He offered us not an excursion, but an execution.

The Christian is likened to a boxer, who masters his own body and practices self restraint, and all the way through the New Testament you'll read words like this describing the Christian life: fight, wrestle, run, work, suffer, endure, resist, agonize, persevere. All of these are New Testament words describing the Christian life. It is to be a disciplined life.

The pagan world is still trying to put its stamp of conformity on every follower of Jesus Christ. Every possible pressure is being brought to bear upon Christians to make them conform to the standards of the present world . . .be a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means you take a stand for Christ even though people make fun of you, persecute you—or even kill you!

To suffer for the faith is not a penalty; it is a privilege.

So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break

He'll get tired of chasing someone who doesn't chase back!

All gave some, Some gave all.

A trying time is no time to quit tryin'.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

So when bands work with me and it's 10 o'clock, usually you'd have to be getting out of the studio, we could go on until 2 in the morning cause it's my place!

It's a long season. Sometimes you've got to keep things interesting.

I don't worry about ratings. I'm trying to win a ballgame right now. Whatever it takes to win a ballgame, we're going to do it. If it takes a four-hour game, that's what we have to do.

First master the fundamentals. When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro. I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody--somewhere--was practicing more than me.

I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better.

You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.