Quotes About Commitment

Those who walk in radical obedience have made themselves ready for the storm, and they will overcome.

Backyard ducks that supposedly "take care of themselves" require more maintenance than the space shuttle.

My family comes first. Maybe that's what makes me different from other guys.

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

People say I was made for this Nothin' else would I trade for this And just think I get paid for this...

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to chess. Others give only 2 percent.

Too many times, people don't try their best. They don't have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you've got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That's why I don't clown around. I don't believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.

If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

The key is not the "will to win" — everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

Always remember that those who are closest to you will be affected by your dreams. Somewhere along the way, they will undoubtedly have to sacrifice something in order to help you realize your goals.

Of course, the final piece of the puzzle is passion. Without it, the hard work is just too hard.

You don't have to worry about whether the car is set up right or not, you know it is, and it's down to you. Ultimately, that's what every driver wants.

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

a man who would never bore me and who loved me in his own peculiar way, whom I would live with, and whose name I would bear.

For the sake of love, one could plunge into the molten metal: make steel with an admixture of myself and your image within me.

People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually, it's no secret at all. I am a forgiving woman. Long ago, I forgave my husband for not being Paul Newman.

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so much work to do. Men didn't understand that there was nothing big enough to exempt you from your obligations, which began as soon as the sun rose over the paper company and ended only after you'd finished the day's chores and fell exhausted into sleep against the background noise of I-94.

Fitness is like marriage. You can't cheat on it and expect it to work.

I have climbed highest mountains, I have run through the field, only to be with you. I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls, only to be with you. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.