Quotes About Commitment

I had a girlfriend named Lana who told me she loved me but said that her impression of life was that people should live alone, answerable to no one. This, she said, made love a true choice and not a duty that inevitably transmogrified into spite.

No President who performs his duty faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

Which of them would sit six hours on a wet hillside to hear a godly sermon?

Chapter XX Happy's the wooing That's not long a-doing

I will not slip my dog before the game's a-foot.—But

the wife who could be contented with but one half of her husband's affections, had never deserved to engage the slightest share of them.

One's true religion is what one cares about most.

Faith is like a muscle, and it needs to be exercised in order to become strong.

Real loves means a yielding of the heart to another person. It means commitment, loyalty, and trust.

If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Intensity is the price of excellence.

Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

calling someone who trades actively in the market an investor "is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a romantic.

In fact, when Warren Buffett was once asked about the key to success, he pointed to a stack of nearby books and said, "Read 500 pages like this every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.

our experience with newly-minted MBAs has not been that great. Their academic records always look terrific and the candidates always know just what to say; but too often they are short on personal commitment to the company and general business savvy. It's difficult to teach a new dog old tricks.

If you see somebody with even reasonable intelligence and a terrific passion for what they do and who can get people around them to march, even when those people can't see over the top of the next hill, things are gonna happen

In the 54 years (Charlie Munger and I) have worked together, we have never forgone an attractive purchase because of the macro or political environment, or the views of other people. In fact, these subjects never come up when we make decisions.

If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.

My favourite holding period is forever

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything

Our managers are totally in charge of their personal schedules. Second, we give each a simple mission: Just run your business as if: (1) you own 100% of it; (2) it is the only asset in the world that you and your family have or will ever have; and (3) you can't sell or merge it for at least a century.

I know nothing about you except that I want to move through the world with you for as long as you'll let me.