Quotes About Commitment

Baseball is not life. It is a fiction, a metaphor. And a ballplayer is a man who agrees to uphold that metaphor as though lives were at stake.

Overcomers concentrate on details that go unnoticed by others. They do what needs to be done, even when no one is watching.

When a man or woman decides to be a champion for God, they set themselves up for a lot of heat and criticism.

No matter what else you're involved in, regardless of what else you're doing, make your children a high priority. God has given you an amazing privilege! Say no to other things before you say no to your kids.

When unprepared people think they're strong enough to resist any intimidation they may face, they're at great risk for abysmal failure. Pride in one's own strength cannot take the place of spiritual preparation. Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment. Jesus warned against failing to count this cost before committing (Luke 14:25-33).

In this fallen world, Christians are not called to a life where all choices lead to comfort or safety. We are called to a life of commitment to the One who loves us enough to die for us. The Bible often tells us this commitment will mean trouble and pain. We must draw encouragement from the words of Jesus when He said, "Do

The Pew Research Center reports that Christianity is declining sharply in America. In 2014 about seventy percent of American adults identified as Christians.1 But this figure is misleading. According to a study by sociologists C. Kirk Hadaway and Penny Long Marler published in The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, less than twenty percent of Americans regularly attend church on a weekly basis.2 This statistic gives us a better indication of actual Christian commitment.

Even today, we must choose. Will we be marked as God's own in our hearts and in our actions? Or will we be marked as Satan's own? Will we stand for Christ, His Son, no matter the personal cost?

Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.

The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son . . . and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man" (John 5:22, 27).

The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible.

It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.

You will always be my always.

need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.

sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.

People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life.

When I say, Be my lover , I don't mean, Let's have an affair . I don't mean, Sleep with me . I don't mean, Be my secret . I want us to go back down to that root. I want you to be the one who loves me. I want to be the one who loves you.

Let me give you some free advice. She's a runner for sure- she'll run away every time without saying a word. But here's the thing- you are not a runner. And deep down, I don't think Norah wants to run, either. She's just feels like she has to. Partly because she's a tiresome spoiled-brat smartass with no fashion sense. And partly because she's a fucking human being.

I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you

I have already spent roughly five thousand hours asleep next to you. This has to mean something.

Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.

It won't be a normal life-I know that. But it will be a life. A life together.

After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again.

The secret to living long is to have something to live for.