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Quotes About Commitment

Smart, dedicated people lost their lives all the time as they trained to be the best they could be to serve their country. Celebrities broke a nail and they immediately took to Twitter, alerting their millions of followers to the "injury," which in turn elicited thousands of replies from people with apparently not enough going on in their lives. And all the while brave men and women died in silence, forgotten by all except their families.
~ David Baldacci
You can't die, Roy." "Why?" "I've got a pretty good feeling I'm going to need one kick-ass lawyer, and you're the only one I know.
~ David Baldacci
Why do men like you do the job you do? It can't be for the medals. And it's certainly not the money." Stone said nothing. -"Why then? God and country?" -"Both simpler and more complex, Mr. President." -"What then?" -"So I can look at myself in the mirror.
~ David Baldacci
It is asking a lot. But when you're attempting to do something truly extraordinary, isn't it fair to ask a lot in return?
~ David Baldacci
right or wrong, good or bad. You just didn't wake up one day and decide enough was enough because your mate had a few more wrinkles or a few more pounds.
~ David Baldacci
There's really
~ David Baldacci
captain of the boxing team. If you
~ David Baldacci
just been traveling all day to get to you.
~ David Baldacci
Eleanor, love is like a good piece of wood: It just gets stronger and stronger as the years go by.
~ David Baldacci
I had to try. I had to." "Why was that?" asked Reel. "Because I love her. Sometimes it's just as simple as that. And if someone can't act on love, then what does anything else really matter?
~ David Baldacci
Come on, soldier, you put your life on the line for your country. A damn zipper shouldn't be too hard.
~ David Baldacci
Puller felt his hand begin to shake as he read through the thoughts of his mother from three decades before. Problems in the marriage. Problems with him. Problems with her. But . . . she was willing to work things out.
~ David Baldacci
screen. "Then get your gear and head out." When White looked back moments later, Puller
~ David Baldacci
What's a quick fling in the sack compared to decades of indifference?
~ David Baldacci
And can I camping on you to cover my back? You have to ask? I wouldn't be asking if I didn't think I had to. Yes, I'll have your back. Will you have mine? I've had your back ever since you showed up, Knox. (John Puller and Veronica Knox)
~ David Baldacci
lawyer," Caleb
~ David Baldacci
time in the equation. They had a lot to lose.
~ David Baldacci
your butt somehow." Jordan shrugged. "I just took
~ David Baldacci
We fight. We don't betray.
~ David Baldacci
know, it's harder to get back in shape than it is to stay in shape.
~ David Baldacci
I'll be back," he called over
~ David Baldacci
most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.
~ David Baldacci
most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it.
~ David Baldacci
have put up a bond of five hundred dollars—significant
~ David Baldacci