Quotes About Commitment

I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.

Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

Persevere, and, don't let any self-doubt distract you.

It's one thing to know the right path and another thing to take it.

Don't you dare give up on me.

Do you know what forever love is? Pearl taught me. It's when you love somebody so much that no matter what happens that'll never change. Like even if you're gone. It's still the same. Even if you die. You die, but not the love. Not forever love. Know what I mean?

That's how most of the last fifty years of my life disappeared, even though I didn't know it before now. And believe me, that's all it takes. One little kiss and then you've thrown your lot in with someone, and your whole life has to be built around him. And all the parts of you that don't fit with him have to go into hiding, and all the ones that do have to come to the surface and act like they're the whole of you. The

Hard work can sometimes substitute for natural ability, but natural ability almost never makes up for not being willing to do the work.

Is that really love? When it happens so fast? She sighed. Paused the movie. Sighed again. Some would say it's only love after you've been together long enough to work out who takes out the trash. And there's something to that. That part of love where you have to work at it. Learn to live together. But when you set eyes on that person, it's something. Call it what you want. If it turns into love, then maybe it's just love in all its stages. It's still real

Almost everything is easier to get into than it is to get out of.

Why the remarkable commitment?" "Why not?" Nathan asked. "What else have I done with my life that's remarkable?

You think passion is enough. That it's all you really need. You think if something's just really, really important to you, it'll magically appear. Well, passion is all well and good. You won't get nowhere without it. But it's not the whole enchilada. You still gotta go step-by-step like everybody else.

You don't fall down to love, you climb up to it. There's hard work involved. That's why I believe you can't love someone you don't know. Loving someone is knowing them.

That's the lovely thing about having an animal. You might not want to get up for your own sake, but you will bring yourself to do it for them.

My mother had this thing she used to say. Before she died. "Nearly everything is easier to get into than it is to get out of.

No," he said. "Go." He snapped the last snap of Maya's onesie and lifted her by her underarms, setting her on her freshly dry butt in her crib. Then he took me by both shoulders. "I'll take tomorrow off work. I'll call it in as a family emergency. I'll put the baby's car seat in my car, and Maya and I will drive out to Bakersfield and pick up your mom.

It doesn't help anybody to say, "I'm overwhelmed" or "I just can't." If you have to, then you just do. She

How'd we let so much time go by... When we swore we wouldn't?

I seem to remember that Gandhi once said his commitment was to truth, not consistency.

Everybody's on their best behavior during courting. That's just how the world works. It's how people work. Then, when they figure they've got you for keeps, that's when you find out what you've really gotten yourself into.

It's always easier to take a risk when it's your own stuff you're risking. Nothing is harder than risking something that belongs to somebody else.

You can do anything you want, so long as you're willing to pay the bill when it comes in.

Simon taught me to face financial needs as they arise. Never short current obligations for those you can't even see yet.