Quotes About Commitment

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step. For lasting passion is the dream of a harlot, and from it we wake in despair.

If we're not loyal to the things we love, what's the point? That's like not having a memory. That's when we stop being human.

A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope and expect will be a permanent and fertile mating relationship. This we call marriage.

I forgot that you are also one of my friends, and have the first right to my

more time away from the family and additional

Actually," Joe said, "you're right on time.

I'll be on my way soon," he promised. "Let me pay for this first." He put the "S" on the counter. He'd chosen milk chocolate. She preferred dark.

doesn't take much to derail a marriage. Sometimes the small pebble in your shoe at the start of a journey is the one that ends up making the most painful blister.

But wanting to change, and actually making it happen were two different things.

You with me baby, cause there's no turning back after this, no way, once I slip into that sweet heat of yours, you're mine, do you hear me? You. Are. Fucking. Mine.

In the car, Dad said solemnly, "Willie, you should understand that I'm doing this because I want you to be a success in life." "Driving me to school, Dad?

Do you think I don't worry about you?" "That's not—" "Not the same? Because you are a man and I am a woman?" "No. Because it's one thing for me to make the choice to put my own life in danger and something else entirely when my actions endanger someone else." She touched her fingers to his lips. "I knew what I was letting myself in for when I married you, Devlin." He smiled against her hand. "I'm not sure I did.

Was it worth it?" she sighed "I have found it is always worth fighting for what we believe in, regardless of the outcome. Risk is never without consequence.

And I vowed that were it ever within my power, I would see to it that he had his voyage.

I'm married already—to my work." I

We usually never got out of there before four or five o'clock in the morning. Every morning. So it was rough.

Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.

the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed their passion into a position, but instead those who have been around long enough to become good at what they do. On reflection, this makes sense.

No one owes you a great career, it argues; you need to earn it—and the process won't be easy.

Human beings, it seems, are at their best when immersed deeply in something challenging. There