Quotes About Commitment

Then count me in," Wash said to Mal. "Whatever Zoë wants, I want." "My man." Zoë slipped an arm around her husband's waist and kissed him. "That's why I love you." "It's also why you haven't killed me all this time we've been married." "Smart of you to realize.

If we aren't willing to do whatever is required, he said finally, then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

I'm a Muun of my word

I guess research isn't for everyone." "Certainly not for the faint of heart or the unfaithful.

The Empire values dedication. Especially when it's unswerving.

Good. The Emperor sat back. And, tell me, what is your opinion of Lord Vader's handling of the occupation of Kashyyyk? He proved very capable, my lord. No one involved in the operation will soon forget his ... sense of commitment, shall we say?

They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of the line and it's a one-way trip and the last stop is the cemetery.

Me gustaría aceptar, se lo confieso. No me importa que esté mal visto, pero no puedo: es por los gatos. —¿Los gatos? —Sí. Tenemos muchos, y yo los cuido. Por eso tenía que volver a casa cuanto antes.

Managers can threaten people with the loss of jobs if they don't get with the program, but threats, power, and position do not earn commitment. They earn compliance.

And compliance produces adequacy—not greatness. Only credibility earns commitment.

Only credibility earns commitment.

You can't command commitment; you have to inspire it. You

Leadership has an impact on people's commitment, their desire to stay or leave, their willingness to put forth more discretionary effort, and their inclination to take personal initiative and responsibility. Bad leaders have a dampening effect on these things, and exemplary leaders have just the opposite effect. What sort of difference do you want to achieve through your leadership? The choice is yours.

The leader who has the most influence over your desire to stay or leave, your commitment to the organization's vision and values, your ethical decisions and actions, your treatment of customers, your ability to do your job well, and the direction of your career, to name but a few outcomes, is your most immediate manager.

People commit to causes, not to plans.

Leaders must ask themselves, "What do I stand for? What are the principles that guide me in my day-to-day work and keep me here in this job, doing this work, and supporting these people?" Once affirmed, leaders must act out their values, demonstrating what they mean.

Conformity produces compliance, not commitment. Unity is essential, and unity is forged, not forced.

She notes how advances in brain imaging technology prove that people's brains are wired to overestimate risk, exaggerate its consequences, and underestimate their ability to handle it. Accordingly, fear about what people don't want to happen drives their choices more often than a commitment to what they wish to see.

these ascetic practices were not undertaken in order to cow the spirit is exemplified by the story of Pur?? Puri himself. He chose the ?rdhvab?hu austerity and held both his arms in the air for the remaining forty-five years of his life, during which he travelled continuously, reaching as far as Malaysia in the east and Moscow in the west.

her smile of understanding and acceptance that said, "All intangibles are forgiven, I accept them and more—your faults, your dips and turns, everything, because our love is a hammer forged at the anvil of God and not even your most foolish, irrational act can break it." That look.

Annie's Pa was a hero to me. It was him who held the weight of the thing, had the weight of my people on his shoulders. It was him who left house and home behind for something he believed in.

Being wholly given over to God now is the essential and best possible preparation for future service.

Remember when you said Mine? and I said Forever. You said Only forver? It's forever, now.

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.