Quotes About Commitment

But quietly now, rather movingly, Strange was making his plea: "Christ knows why, Lewis, but he'll always put himself out a bit for you. Did you realize that?

It is difficult to imagine love without generosity, without a desire to make some sacrifices. To-day

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - and sometimes three.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

There are things in the world that cannot be brought about. There are mistakes that cannot be repaired. But there is one thing sure -- that loyalty and friendship are the most precious possessions a man can have.

I'll take the contract. He can have the team.

There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.

It takes two to make a marriage a success and only one to make it a failure.

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage."

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

It's not enough to be a vanilla business school. It's not enough to be terrific teachers who really know their subject matter well.

Ik drink van de thee en denk aan mijn moeder. Hoe ze me op een keer vroeg om, als ik ooit een vrouw zou hebben, altijd lief te zijn voor die vrouw. Ze vroeg me om haar te beloven dat ik die vrouw nooit zou slaan, zelfs niet als na een tijd zou blijken dat die vrouw een kreng was. 'Ik beloof het,' zei ik tegen mijn moeder.

I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act.

Love wasn't just a soft, easy thing of the senses. It was hard, deep, austere.

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

For I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

I used to fully commit to finishing a book, even if I disliked it. But since realizing that I am, in a general way, dying, I've decided there isn't enough time to finish books that weren't meant for me. Who thought finitude could be so liberating?

I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service

Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids.