Quotes About Commitment

I skipped a class because his old college friends were in town. Then I was late for a rehearsal because he was getting an award. He had an open slot in his schedule, and we'd talked about taking a vacation together. I was about to turn down a concert when I finally woke up and realized I was losing myself.

I want a life with you, Annie. I want to make love with you until you can't walk. And have kids with you. I'm sorry it took me so long to figure out, but I'm not exactly used to having love feel good. He poked his finger in the rough direction of her face. "You talked about being a romantic. Romance is nothing! It's a tiny word that doesn't come close to what I feel for you.

I married a damned cereal killer

Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband

She (Daisy) dug her nails into her palms and told herself she had no choice. "I, Theodosia..." She gulped for air. "...take thee Alexander..." She gulped again. "...to be my awful wedded husband...

You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I'm not getting rid of Pooh." "See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise." "I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

We can't just leave the places we don't like. That's a child's way of thinking. Sometimes we have to stay because it's right that we do.

Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior. If a man lies to you, he is behaving badly and unlovingly toward you. He is disrespecting you and your relationship. The words "I love you" are not enough to make up for that. Don't kid yourself that they are.

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency.

he told me, married and with a child of his own.

You are a witch," he whispered, "because I'm thinking about moving heaven and earth so I don't have to wait. Name the time and place and I'll be there.

I think enthusiasm counts for a lot in dancing and in life.

Wherever this shadowed path might lead, we were both irrevocably committed to follow it to the end.

But teaching VBS may actually be a more painful way to my grave.

I don't know why she picked me, but she did and I'm not letting go.

It's about risking everything. Putting your heart on the line, even when you don't know what's going to happen. It's risking having the person you love rip it out and stomp all over it in public.

Love is supposed to be scary. If it was easy, everyone would do it.

Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.

Because love doesn't stop just because you run. Love keeps reaching out. Keeps believing, even when it feels impossible.

You're treating your relationship with God like a fling. As it means nothing to Him and nothing to you. As if you can walk away from each other. But God doesn't operate that way.

That's what love does. It doesn't stop to consider the cost. It just...acts. Puts itself out there.

Love gives us power, makes us risk everything we have, everything we are. Love is not for the weak. It's for the strong.