Quotes About Commitment

Are we really servants when we can become masters again once we think we have done our part or made our contribution? Are we really servants when we can say when, where, and how long we will give of our time and energy? Is service in a far country really an expression of servanthood when we keep enough money in the bank to fly home at any moment?

It seems that in fact we live as if we should give as much of our heart, soul, and mind as possible to our fellow human beings, while trying hard not to forget about God…But Jesus' claim is much more radical. He asks for single-minded commitment to God and God alone. God wants all of our heart, all of our mind, and all of our soul.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.

The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it.

For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once done well is done forever.

For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms, and did my duty faithfully; surveyor, if not of highways, then of forest paths and all across-lot routes, keeping them open, and ravines bridged and passable at all seasons, where the public heel had testified to their utility.

But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted.

You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love.

Some are 'industrious' and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say.

For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever. But we love better to talk about it: that we say is our mission. Reform keeps many scores of newspapers in its service, but not one man.

Be true to your work, your word, and you're friend.

it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.

you must everywhere build on piles of your own driving.

But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.

For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done for ever.

Your religion is where your love is.

In all bargains, whether to fight or to marry, or concerning any other such business, little previous ceremony is required to bring the matter to an issue when both parties are really in earnest.

when a lady hath once taken a resolution to run to a lover, or to run from him, all obstacles are considered as trifles.