Quotes About Commitment

Passion. As you can see, I've lived quite a long time, which is to say I've been working for quite a long time, which is the same thing. And you know what? In the whole silly business, the only thing that really matters is passion. It comes and it goes. At first it just comes to you free of charge, and you don't understand, and you waste it. And then it becomes a thing to nurture.

A contract," Katri went on earnestly. "A contract is really much more remarkable than you might think. It doesn't just bind. I've noticed that for some people it's a relief to live with a contract. It frees them from indecision and confusion, they no longer have to choose. Both sides have agreed to share and assume responsibilities. It is, or ought to be, a deliberate promise where people have at least tried to be fair.

What was it we were so busy with?" "Work, probably. And falling in love - that takes an awful lot of time.

It's funny about love," Sophia said. "The more you love someone, the less he likes you back." "That's very true," Grandmother observed. "And so what do you do?" "You go on loving," said Sophia threateningly. "You love harder and harder.

Repeat after me,' said Moomintroll, "may the ground swallow me up may old hags rattle my dry bones, and may I never more eat ice-cream if I don't guard this secret with my life." Go on now.

is that they come up with so many ideas and then they manage to carry them out and believe so strongly in what they do.

It's funny about love', Sophia said. 'The more you love someone, the less he likes you back.' 'That's very true,' Grandmother observed. 'And so what do you do?' 'You go on loving,' said Sophia threateningly. 'You love harder and harder.

On niitä jotka jäävät ja toisia jotka lähtevät, niin on ollut aina. Kukin saa valita itse, mutta on valittava ajoissa, eikä koskaan saa antaa periksi.

I want to have kids some day, but I have to consider the crying, changing clothes, the bottles, the late night feedings . . . and then there's also a baby to take care of.

I think serial monogamy says it all.

You can't kiss her until the preacher says so." Hannah laughed. "She's absolutely right. That way if you don't like it . . . well . . . you're just stuck with me.

promise me, Jacob, that

Sitting in a church doesn't make you a Christian any more than being in a doctor's office makes you a doctor. It's more than that. The Good Book says it's about believing and confessing.

Count this as a mere taste, sweetheart, of all the pleasure I can give you. Marry me and let me show you more. Be mine, and I'll take you on a journey the likes of which you've ever only imagined. ~~ Adam to Mallory

Stepping back, he went to his bedside table. He returned carrying something. Opening his palm, he revealed the heart-shaped pendant he'd given her so many months ago. "I've kept this," he explained. "You might say it's become a talisman of sorts. I... I carry it everywhere. But I'm going to give it to you again, if you'll take it. Whether you decide ever to wear it or not is up to you." "Jack," she murmured, as she let him press the jewelry into her hand.

these rewards will include the pleasure of playing at 100 percent, the thrill of not knowing what is going to happen next, and the enjoyment of spending your life engaged in something you are passionate about.

When you commit to this impossible future, you are "taking a stand.

It means committing yourself to continuously act consistent with the possibility you declared, from the moment the declaration is spoken, regardless of the circumstances.

What are you not committed to, only because you don't believe it can be done?

Committed Speaking and Listening A series of speech acts that move what's not possible or impossible to a possibility, and a possibility to a reality.

What are you interested in accomplishing that requires you to reinvent yourself to accomplish it? What would you be committed to accomplishing—if only it were possible? What's worth accomplishing—so much so that it would be worth re-inventing your whole self?

Taking a Stand A declaration of commitment to act consistent with a specific "declared possibility" to move that possibility to a reality.

His racket never allowed Gordon to experience the vitality that came from full commitment to a project.

But it wasn't running the project that threatened to do him in; it was the unwanted, persistent condition—the racket—of not being able to say no, or fully commit to yes.