Quotes About Commitment

I wasn't born with any innate talent. I've never been naturally gifted at anything. I always had to work at it. The only way I knew how to succeed was to try harder than anyone else. Dogged persistence is what got me through life. But here was something I was half-decent at. Being able to run great distances was the one thing I could offer the world. Others might be faster, but I could go longer. My strongest quality is that I never give up.

Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.

Sure I'm cut but not for the sake of vanity...

Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.

Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.

Now take my hand and hold it tight. I will not fail you here tonight, For failing you, I fail myself And place my soul upon a shelf In Hell's library without light. I will not fail you here tonight.

But once an idea for a novel seizes a writer...well, it's like an inner fire that at first warms you and makes you feel good but then begins to eat you alive, burn you up from within. You can't just walk away from the fire; it keeps burning. The only way to put it out is to write the book.

I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her.

In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.

Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret. Odd Thomas

I love you more than life.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

La coppia è la prova più terribile che Dio possa affliggerci.

Moi je dis, le couple, la plus terrible épreuve que Dieu puisse nous infliger.

Un matrimonio es como una ciénaga peligrosa que succiona sin fin las faltas de los cónyuges.

Si Fusako y las niñas hubiesen sido abandonadas, no les habría quedado otra salida que el suicidio. Pero los hombres, aunque se encuentren en una situación muy difícil, siempre tendrán una mujer que quiera morir con ellos.

Si può cadere vivi nell'inferno per non precipitarvi chi si ama.»

When you give 100 percent to another person, two literally become one

Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.

When a man finds the woman he really loves, the one he respects and wants to call wife, there is nothing on earth he won't do for her. No mountain he won't hike. No river he won't wade. No door he won't open. She is Eve and there's not a snake crawling that can keep them apart.

It was also clear that in order to survive at this game, we had to get serious.