Quotes About Commitment

Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action. (There is no reality except in action.)

In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing. No doubt this thought may seem harsh to someone who has not made a success of his life. But on the other hand, it helps people to understand that reality alone counts, and that dreams, expectations and hopes only serve to define a man as a broken dream, aborted hopes, and futile expectations.

You know, it's quite a job starting to love somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment, in the very beginning, when you have to jump across a precipice: if you think about it you don't do it.

We will freedom for freedom's sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.

Love or hatred calls for self-surrender. He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, solidly entrenched in his well-being, who one fine day surrenders all to love—or to hatred; himself, his house, his land, his memories.

Commitment is an act, not a word

I took everything as seriously as if I were immortal.

Faith, even when profound, is never complete. It has to be endlessly sustained or, at least, preserved from destruction.

To succeed as a lawyer, a man must work like a horse and live like a hermit.

Frank Lampard is the best ever at Chelsea and one of the best I've ever played with and against in world football today, and I think what set him apart was his dedication and hard work.

Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.

My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.

So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.

How do you take something and make it special? The answer is a lot of hard work and a great deal of imagination.

I work day and night without sleep. The paintings keep me fired up.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.

I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity

I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.

The thing is, work is the thing I love the most.

To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to put the work in!!

As foreign as it would be for you to go running in regular shoes, I want it to be just as foreign for you not to work out in your Under Armour.

My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that's what I've been doing.