Quotes About Commitment

When you marry, you marry the whole person — not just the parts above the waterline. You get both the silk sails and the barnacles.

Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and something I hope I'll never have to do.

After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it

always place truth and service before pleasure. Sometimes even committed and one-pointed people avoid the path in pursuit of momentary pleasures.

If people are not inspired from within, it will not be possible to build a good work ethic. Work

Even in moments of utter danger, a person like Mahatma Gandhi remained totally involved in his work.

Success without hard work is like sauce without salt

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Trust and trust alone should lead us to love

And it is good for a man not to touch a woman. And, he that is unmarried thinketh of the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but he that is married careth for the things of this world, how he may please his wife.

To give, and not to count the cost to fight, and not to heed the wounds, to toil, and not to seek for rest, to labor, and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do thy will

O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded to work without seeking rest and to spend myself without expecting any reward but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will. Amen

Lord, teach me to be generous; Teach me to serve you as you deserve; To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil, and not to seek for rest; To labor, and not to ask for reward - except to know that I am doing your will.

O my God, teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as I should, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fear of being wounded, to work without seeking rest, to labour without expecting any reward, but the knowledge that I am doing your most holy will.

We must take great care never to do anything before having said our morning prayers...The Devil once declared that if he could have the first moment of the day, he was sure of all the rest.

I'm more grateful than ever that we have such brave and heroic people in this country who put their lives on the line every day to make me safe.

Shawn looks up at me and directly into my eyes. "Let me be very clear about something, my darling girl. I could never get sick of you.

I could tell you a thousand times, How much I love you, It still would not do justice on how much I love you.

The hardest part of writing is the same as doing your homework...it's staying seated in your chair.

We should be recklessly abandoned to Jesus, and just turn it over to Him. Through the support I think the sacrifices will be made and we'll all be cool with it.

You limit your options every time you don't try your best.

My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often - in fact, mostly - at the expense of everything else in my life.

Duane just kept working, not even looking up.

One of the best ways to raise the level of church-attendee commitment is presenting an orientation of excellence.