Quotes About Commitment

Don't lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don't have a career. You have a life. Do the work. Keep the faith. Be true blue. You

You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that's all.

When I say you don't have to explain what you're going to do with your life, I'm not suggesting you lounge around whining about how difficult it is. I'm suggesting you apply yourself in directions for which we have no accurate measurement. I'm talking about work. And love.

I'd made a plan: I would follow this road wherever it led me. I'd ignore all the others that crossed its path, no matter how intriguing or promising they looked.

A proclamation of love is not inherently "loaded with promises and commitments that are highly fragile and easily broken.

the work you do each day matters. Even if it's work that seems invisible. Even if it's work that doesn't lead to the outcome you hoped for. Even if others attempt to undo your work.

It's what most of us have to give a few times over the course of our lives: to love with a mindfully clear sense of purpose, even when it feels outrageous to do so. Even when you'd rather put on your steel-toed boots and scream. Give it. You won't regret it. It will come out in the reckoning.

Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters.

I still can't entirely explain why I needed to leave my ex. I was tortured by this very question for years because I felt like such an ass for breaking his heart and I was so shattered I'd broken my own. I was too young to commit myself to one person. We weren't as compatible as we initially seemed.

I've had four amazing men in my life, very strong, powerful, wonderful men. I certainly will have a relationship with someone but I don't think I will get married again.

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.

Uriah is a good soldier—but a poor husband. He's not interested in spending time in bed with me. He'd rather be with his army friends. If my husband won't satisfy my needs, I have a right to have them satisfied by someone else.

You know what resolutions are? They're a setup for defeat.

If you're not former military, join the Marine Corps.

researcher Charles Handy at the London Business School concluded: Trust gives people a sense of belonging. When people feel they're active members of their work community—not merely hired help—they become interested in the company's future and willingly dedicate their time and talent.119

As researcher Charles Handy at the London Business School concluded: Trust gives people a sense of belonging. When people feel they're active members of their work community—not merely hired help—they become interested in the company's future and willingly dedicate their time and talent.119

You'll have a faithful Indian companion. Girl Friday. Whatever you want. I'll even launder my own irreclaimable socks. You've already told me I'm a terrific conversationalist, and I'm a person you know who's not dead. Think carefully before you turn down an offer like this.

All this huggermugger, macho intimidating shit is wearing me out. I'm gonna make myself a promise not to kill anything for a week.

He recalled what Lyndon Johnson had said when Kennedy was assassinated and Johnson suddenly found himself president. Words to the effect that he would do the best he could do, because that was all he could do.

Two thousand miles to dine on a dish of red herring," he said.

It's just that I think we should be responsible for our friends, is all. If we're not, why bother to have friends?

I may not be a great surgeon, but the one little heart I have, I have given to you.

Excel in your field: Whatever you do, try to be the best at it. There is too much mediocrity all around and we have learnt to live with it. However, awesomeness has no place for mediocrity. And do not confuse excellence with elitism. Being excellent at your work is different from considering yourself superior to others.

Admiration passes, love endures.