Quotes About Commitment

There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.

We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.

We fought hard. We gave it our best. We did what was right and we made a difference.

Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and out of season, under every discouragement... that requires a heroism which is transcendent.

Until I die, I'm going to keep doing. My people need me. They need somebody that's not taking from them and is giving them something.

Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.

I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forth-rightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his political life.

I love this job. I love it to death. I love every waking minute of it.

I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.

You do not know, you cannot know, the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night, every ounce of your energy. There is no rest, no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word.

Politics is not a good location or a vocation for anyone lazy, thin-skinned or lacking a sense of humour.

Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.

Think of only three things: your God, your family and the Green Bay Packers-in that order.

Here is where some entrepreneurs fail. They are filled with creative juices and total commitment to their business, but too often they don't understand that they must also be managers, administrators, even gofers-at least for a while.

While you don't need a formal written contract before you get married, I think it's important for both partners to spell out what they expect from each other.... There are always plenty of surprises-and lots of give and take-once you're married.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

The only way to pray is to pray, and the way to pray well is to pray much.

If we are willing to spend hours on end to learn to play the piano, operate a computer, or fly an airplane, it is sheer nonsense for us to imagine that we can learn the high art of getting guidance through communion with the Lord without being willing to set aside time for it.

Lord, you know how busy I must be this day. If I forget you, do not you forget me.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray.

When the knees are not often bent, the feet soon slide.