Quotes About Commitment

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.

I guess because it feels more open, but I think being married is way sexier, because it's really like your soul partner in a permanent fashion, and then you strive for it to be something permanent, and that type of commitment and trust, if you can achieve it, is so good for the soul.

Whatever I did—whether I was writing or playing—there was blood on the pages, there was blood on the strings, because anything less than that was just bullshit, and a waste of fucking time.

Divinely blessed is rose or man That answers to love's whispered plan, And gladly owns it paradise To be love's perfect sacrifice.

No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

I haven't ever really relied on relationships with guys. They come around and it's cool, but it's never been a big thing. I guess I've just been really distracted by work.

He ragarded her in surprise. This was a different tune from the one he'd expected to hear, certainly a change from the verse she'd sung when he was a boy. Commitment to ones' name, to one's heritage, to that which the sacrifices of others had made possible -- that was the song he used to hear from Aunt Mary. "Yes, I do," she said, "If I've learned anything by now, it's that some things are too priceless to sacrifice for a name." - Mary and William

I have never not loved you any more than I have never not breathed. They're one and the same for me.

Love is a cognitive, willful act. Feelings have very little to do with it, particularly around three o'clock in the morning when the baby needs changing or somebody has "lost it" before getting to the bathroom to throw up.

Good sex is an all-day affair. You can't treat your wife like a servant and expect her to be eager to sleep with you at night. Your wife's sexual responsiveness will be determined by how willingly you help out with the dishes, the kids' homework, or that leaky faucet that drips throughout the night.

A sexually fulfilled husband will do anything for you.

A fulfilling sex life is one of the most powerful marital glues a couple can have.

Integrity is everything to me. I will not die ashamed. I will live on my deathbed knowing that I gave it my best shot, and everything else is meaningless to me.

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.

I never want to be away from you again, except at work, in the restroom or when one of us is at a movie the other does not want to see.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way.

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life.

There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't get in the way of your schoolwork.

I will love you if you don't marry me. I will love you if you marry someone else... and I will love you if you never marry at all, and spend your years wishing you had married me after all, and I must say that on late, cold nights I prefer this scenario out of all the scenarios I have mentioned. That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way.

every minute i spend talking to you is a mnute i could spend practicing the violin, and when you're a musical genius like me, every minute counts.

brought bone after bone to a skeleton expert until she told me that I was making her so miserable that I should never return