Quotes About Commitment

He is my world and my world is him and without him there is no world.

I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took

I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.

I guess that's just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.

He hung up and stood there, his mind spinning. Uncle Benny's words whispered in his head. We'll do what we always do. What they always did. Fight fires. Save people's lives. Yes, that's what they'd do now. The FDNY was the biggest fire department in the world. They were the best. And they would do what they always did.

would practice

He's asked me to marry him,

I found the guy! After more than twenty years of being single and jerked around and cheated on and alone, I found my soul mate. Pardon my French, but you think I give a shit about the flowers?

It's one thing to call off an engagement or even a wedding once the invitations are out—it's hard, but it happens. But on the actual day? You're walking, sister. Get yourself down that aisle and do whatever you have to do afterward, you know?

I'd begun to take for granted that he'd always be around... The only problem with all of this was that I wasn't exactly holding up my end of the deal.

This was exhausting. If she was going to make this kind of emotional investment in someone, he should at least be a proper boyfriend. But for a casual fling? She could drive herself crazy.

guarantee this voyage, he had sacrificed his allegiance to his homeland, his partnership with Ruy Faleiro

but he had kept his essential mission intact. After twelve months of painstaking preparation

Unwilling to commit the entire fleet to the river, he dispatched Santiago, the smallest ship

was the least of his responsibilities. He served as the onboard dentist, doctor, and surgeon

Three hundred and

Their marriages are not with one woman but with as many as they like, and without much ceremony

made a promise, he did everything in his power to keep it.

In another letter, he suggests that writing the book was "purchased so dearly and with such hardship that nobody who had the choice would have written it at that price".

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause—and of obstinacy in a bad one.

I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Here is the truth about being a nerd. You don't have to be an expert in something, you just have to be passionate. There is no test and no application. Only a love of a thing that is the best.

Professionalism is a frame of mind, not a paycheck.