Quotes About Commitment

One of the best-kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so.

The manager with the in-basket problem does not yet understand that he must discipline himself to take care of activities that fail to excite him.

You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.

A man isn't a man until he has to meet a payroll.

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind . . . more deeply. But it does not look as if it did.

I do not choose to run for President in 1928.

We are all afraid - for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. The personal commitment and the emotional commitment working together as one, has made the Ascent of Man.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act accordingly to their beliefs.

What a man believes, he will die for. What a man merely thinks, he will change his mind about.

Even now we can draw back. But once we cross that little bridge, we must settle things by the sword.

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, the Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.

I am a stranger to half measures.

Perform without fail what you resolve.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate ... at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, or slow up.

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you maybe fall in love again.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.

Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.