Quotes About Commitment

I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I would crumble into dust and drift away.

Either you believed in something or you didn't—you couldn't have it both ways and be honest with yourself.

if you wanted something done, it was never a good idea to rely on others. Others were never as committed to achieving your goals as you were.

Commitment is a journey that works best when each step taken is carefully measured.

But your responsibilities are sometimes given you without choice, without consent.

One's word was a matter of honor. It was not a thing that could be bandied about when convenient or slipped on and off like clothing to match changes in the weather. If he went back on it even once, that opened the door to a flood of excuses for going back on it every time thereafter.

It takes everything I've got to offer, but not more than I wish to give.

I would never leave your side for a moment if it were possible. But it is not. It is not in the nature of life that we can be together in all things.

but sometimes when you took a chance it was better to hold nothing back and to go all-in. He

There were times, she knew from experience, when it was best just to continue on rather than to shift directions, even when it didn't seem as if you were getting anywhere. Your chances of success weren't always something you could measure accurately. Perseverance in the face of failure counted for something.

Logan. I wasn't going to lose you, too. I am bound to you in so many ways. Not by words or writing, but by how I feel.

It takes everything I've got to offer, but not more than I wish to give." He pointed.

trained army. The

Then, Pan, when that's done, maybe I can think about us. In the right way, the way I would like to—not just because of last night or some other night but because there might be a whole lot of nights, maybe even a lifetime. I can think about it because then there will be a future that isn't measured in hours or days.

It is one thing to say you will do anything for your friend, but another entirely to actually do what is needed.

Friendship is a thing sensed inwardly as much as a thing pledged openly. One feels friendship and becomes bound by it.

These will be punishing, but you will come to love them. When you have mastered that, you will begin to train with weapons.

But promises are sometimes no more than good intentions, and good intentions can easily go astray.

She looked so beautiful in the moonlight, but it wasn't only the way she looked, it was what was inside her, everything from her intelligence and courage to her wit, and the special smile she gave only to him. He would slay a dragon, if there were such a thing, just to see that smile. He knew he would never want anyone else for as long as he lived. He would rather spend the rest of his life alone than with someone else. There could be no one else.

To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love.

I love you, Kahlan. Never anyone before you, nor ever after. Only you." His eyes said it even better.

Kahlan sighed impatiently. "Richard, you promised Zedd we would go to Aydindril." "I did. But I didn't promise him when.

You've a thing or two to learn, dear one, if you don't know how important fussing is.

Zedd knelt beside her, his head bowed. "I pledge my life in the defense of the Seeker." Richard stood gripping the Sword of Truth in his hand, eyes wide in breathless bewilderment. "Zedd," he whispered, "what in the name of everything good is a Seeker?