Quotes About Commitment

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

There is something less than fully human in those who have never known a commitment to an idea, who have never risked an exploration of the unknown, who have never attempted the kind of creativity of which men and women are potentially capable.

My dear, marriage isn't all a matter of falling in love and living happily ever after. Liking is as important as loving in its way; feeling comfortable with each other is important too—and friendship. Add these things up and you have the kind of love which makes a happy marriage.

I would be delighted to see the pair of you married, but Sophie's quite right to think it over; love is for a lifetime.

We're getting married as soon as possible,' he said. 'Is that what you call a proposal?' 'I'm not much of a romantic, honey, but you already know that. And I won't be much of a bargain as a husband, but I have a feeling you'll whip me into shape without too much trouble. Heck, by the time we have kids, I'll probably be downright domesticated.

Mrs. Mendeleyev hitchhiked with young Dmitri four thousand miles to St. Petersburg—that's equivalent to travelling from London to Equatorial Guinea—and deposited him at the Institute of Pedagogy.

All that is required of you is a willingness to trudge.

And running—serious, dogged, long-distance running—is the one thing we do superlatively well.

You can think whatever you want, Mr. Speaker, but you should show respect—if not for me then for all the other people who dedicate their lives to stopping terrorism and keeping our country safe. We aren't perfect, and we never will be. But we will never stop doing our best.

Let her work for it.

My chest tightens at the thought of what all this could mean to Lilly. But I have no choice. I made a vow to defend this country, and I'm the only person who can do this.

After being married for nearly thirty years and observing my friends' experiences with separations, reconciliations, and divorces, I've learned that marriage, with all its magic and misery, its contentments and disappointments, remains a mystery, not easy for those in it to understand and largely inaccessible to outsiders.

You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now, we must do the work the season demands.

my full-time job is working with my wife, Melinda

If you want to do business with us, you'll have to take climate change seriously.

It's hard to think of a better response to a miserable 2020 than spending the next ten years dedicating ourselves to this ambitious goal.

Pursuing purpose with passion • Practicing solid values • Leading with heart • Establishing enduring relationships • Demonstrating self-discipline

we will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

Every church, every team, every organization demands and deserves a "vision embodier," someone whose life values and commitments personify the vision. Cut them and they bleed the vision.

If a goal is really important to me, I discipline myself in order to achieve it.

like Jesus, the greatest spiritual leader who ever walked the earth, need to be serious about "our Father's business.

If God has given you a kingdom vision, if you see it clearly and feel it deeply, you had better take responsibility for it. You had better give your life to it. That's why God made you a leader.

accomplishing a vision requires a lot more than pep talks, slogans, emotional stories, and heart-tugging video clips.

If you're a serious-minded leader, you will read.