Quotes About Commitment

Pay him a decent salary and work him hard. That way he won't have enough time to write anything on the side. But don't pay him so much that he can save up money to quit.

the bridge from wanting a relationship, with all that entails, to having to settle for its lesser cousin: companionship

Do what you can because there are many things that need doing.

Marilyn, I have a wife and family and a dog and a cat.

their hearts in it. It was well

We are fortunate: we are alive; we are powerful; the welfare of our civilization and our species is in our hands. If we do not speak for Earth, who will? If we are not committed to our own survival, who will be?

A little deeper was a fear of falling in love without reservation, of committing herself to someone who might then be snatched from her. Or simply leave her. But if you never really fall in love, you can never really miss it.

A man like that is someone to go out with—once—twice—three times when the devil is in you. But live with? Have a child by?

I stayed and fought for it, bled for it, almost died for it.

Some single men stop drinking when they git married and others start!

I think you have a great capacity for devotion

God works from within a committed relationship with the world and not on the world from without in total freedom.

Make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick.

I wanted to prove myself worthy of the girl I loved. I wanted to be able to return and lay not only my heart, but the world, at her feet.

My heart, as you well know, Bright Eyes, has always been yours for the asking. Or the staking.

How did you know? This may be a large house, but I'm not blind. Or deaf. [..]Well, you needn't avail yourself of any romantic notions. He was just doing his duty. And with unflagging enthusiasm, I might add. Diana said dryly.

The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.

Not enough of us are "beyond Sunday" Catholics, due primarily to a lack of evangelization.

Culture affects all aspects of a school. It influences informal conversations in the faculty lunch room, the type of instruction valued, how professional development is viewed, and the shared commitment to assuring all students learn. Several examples illustrate its pervasiveness.

Company leaders know that success flourishes only when people are committed, believe in the organization, and take pride in their work.

To paraphrase a quote from Fog and associates (2005): if a school does not stand for something more profound than raising achievement levels, then it probably does not make a memorable difference to teachers, students, or parents.

Believing in God had to do with a system of convictions, deep faith, things that her parents and her sister and Jonathan had, things that had never come easily to Blair.

This is my wife, Marian Robertson. No matter what came before the day we joined ourselves each to the other, she is mine now and Iam hers. If anyone speaks ill of her or calls her whore, they attack me as well and Iwill answer for it.

S e am gum bidh an dearbhadh de gaol siorruidh.' 'Tis time that will be the proof of love everlasting.