Quotes About Commitment

He would pay her when the time came—pay her so hard...damn it

There is only one thing you need to know about me," he finally said. "I will protect you as long as you are necessary, and as long as you do not seek my downfall." - Knox

Face it. If I back out now, fear wins and everyone loses.

Ten tears fall, and I call. Nine hundred trees, but only one is for me. Eight times eight times eight they fly, whatever you do, don't stay dry. Seven ladies dancing, ignore their sweet romancing. Six seconds to hide, up, up, and you'll survive. Five times four times three, and that is where he'll be. Two I'll save, I'll be brave, brave, brave. The one I adore, I'll come back for.

I'm married, yes, but not for long. This girl will be getting a speedy annulment." Another step. "No need. I'll make you a widow.

because they had been an emotional, volatile couple, and had fought as passionately as they'd loved.

Do not worry about the nights you owe me," he said. "I will come back when you are better rested." I leaned back and closed my eyes. "I'll give you your nights, Devyn. You more than earned them. But you know what? I don't think you'll claim them. You're a man of honor, and you know I love another man." Silence. Silence that lasted a long, long time. "Damn you," he finally muttered.

Great. She was falling back into stubborn mode. But he didn't mind. She could say anything she wanted, do anything to him. He planned to stick to her like pasties on a stripper. "And

You are mine, woman. And I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didn't truly live. Now I live, even in my death." - Maddox , Sang Kekerasan

Feelings fluctuated, changing because of circumstances and a million other factors. Love was a choice. A commitment to put someone else first, to give rather than take, to protect and never harm. pg 448

Maafkan aku sayangku. Aku akan membebaskanmu, tapi jangan minta aku melupakanmu. Jiwa kita sudah menyatu. Aku akan selalu mengikutimu, melakukan segalanya demi bisa memenangkan cintamu lagi. Jadi kau harus bersiap karena kau akan sering melihatku. Aku terlalu mencintaimu sampai tak sanggup melepaskanmu." - Lucien, Sang Kematian

You are mine, woman, and I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didn't truly live. Now I live, even in my death.

Giving up is the only sure way to fail.

Though personal and unique for each person ("take up his cross"), the Way of the Cross means that our spiritual life does not consist solely of victories, miracles, and success stories.

God is not impressed with grandiose accomplishments from someone who ignores his God-given calling to his wife and children.

When you come before the Lord, it is not necessary that you think upon the Lord. It is only necessary that you continue in your progress.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Passion and performance. You can't have one without the other.

It's like the free puppy," I continue. "It's not the upfront capital that kills you, it's the operations and maintenance on the back end." Chris cracks up. "Yes, exactly! They'll say, 'The puppy can't quite do everything we need. Can you train it to fly airplanes? It's just a simple matter of coding, right?

We're on the hook for a huge number of projects. So, let's look at what our capacity is.

However, we must remind everyone that improvement of daily work is more important than daily work itself, and that all teams must have dedicated capacity for this (e.g., reserving 20% of all cycles for improvement work, scheduling one day per week or one week per month, etc.). Without doing this, the productivity of the team will almost certainly grind to a halt under the weight of its own technical and process debt.

Step 2 is to exploit the constraint," he continues. "In other words, make sure that the constraint is not allowed to waste any time. Ever. It should never be waiting on any other resource for anything, and it should always be working on the highest priority commitment the IT Operations organization has made to the rest of the enterprise. Always.

Even though I can't take the entire day off, I

You probably don't even see when work is committed to your organization. And if you can't see it, you can't manage it—let alone organize it, sequence it, and have any assurance that your resources can complete it.