Quotes About Commitment

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Love isn't a switch you can turn on and off. You just can't get rid of it, regardless of the circumstances, if you truly love someone.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.

We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.

Practice does take a lot out of me mentally because I have to be on it for every stroke, every turn, every breakout. Anything I do, I want to be as focused as I can, so by the time practice is done, I'm kind of physically and mentally fried.

When Chelsea came calling for me, it was an opportunity, it was a chance and looking from the outset you may not be sure how it's going to go. But it's one you can't turn down, you have to grab it with both hands. Then you have to work as hard as you can to make it work.

I have a conscience about my work and try to turn out a good piece of craftsmanship.

You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.

If you're writing, it means getting up and writing all day, and if you're filming, it's getting up and filming all day. I get up, go to my computer, write, turn it off, and go to bed. That is a Clarkson day.

I was brought up to believe that it's family first. Of all the people my parents knew, the family was most important. You always turn to your family, and the family supports you. We do what we can to support our young and go and see the grandchildren if they're doing plays at school and their sports events.

Love is a hard thing to turn your back on.

He made it quite clear that if I didn't play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the guy who turned down Hagrid would be like the guy who called the Beatles a guitar band. So I couldn't possibly refuse, really.

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.

I've never turned my back on country music.

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

I'm not doing anything Jack Nicholson turned down. Any part that required a character distanced from myself would have been a reach. But the one thing I've always done well at, and I'm most devoted to, is my children.

If my coach told me to go run them bleachers, you didn't ask no questions. I turned around and started running until he said stop.

Even as an actor, much before I turned director or producer, I was somebody who was very involved with every film I was doing. I would pretty much be a part of a project from the time they toss the ball to the marketing. It's very simple.

I went to every sports contest for my kids. I turned off my cell phone at 8 P.M. I did have to travel relentlessly and had some nights at black tie events. But when I was home, I was home.

When I turned 30, the first question I got was, 'How much longer do you want to play?' And I don't see why that can't be when you turn 40. I really don't.

I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a nice husband.

'Sacred Games' has actually turned out to be the most challenging experience of my acting career.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.