Quotes About Commitment

I want to be all used up when I die. Life is no brief candle to me; it is a sort of splendid torch which I've got a hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them.

A wife? A mistress rather ... he would not wed: that was to stoop in chains, renounce his wings, break body and heart and soul for daily bread, get down and crawl among all crawling things!

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

Enthusiasm is a vital element in individual success.

For years of faithfulness even as a child are not thrown away, but yield . . . a strength at last in times of trial.

There is no meaning to life unless there is commitment and love.

Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside. Check your little worries, squabbles, petty difficulties with your outside clothing -- all the things that ruin your life and draw your attention away from your art -- at the door.

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.

Emmanuel Lewis was amazing to work with. I'll love that guy to the end of time.

You have my whole heart. You always did.

If you break little promises, you'll break big ones.

for her children. If

were married in 1794. It was more than the beginning of a warm and very successful marriage; it was also the birth

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

She was ready to be a fugitive with him for the rest of her life - 'Whither thou goest, I will go; thy people shall be my people' - and when a Parisienne is ready to leave Paris behind forever, that's something. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.

Lord Jesus, I offer myself for Your people. In any way. Any place. Any time.

Apparently I looked strong enough for harder work; I was told to report to the Phillips factory.

But under the words, a prayer was forming in my heart. Lord Jesus, I offer myself for Your people. In any way. Any place. Any time.

We're going to fight this battle with everything we have, and we will probably lose. But then we will fight it again, and we will lose a little less, for this battle will win us many supporters. And then we'll lose *again*. And *again*. And we will fight on. Because as hard as it is to win by fighting, it's impossible to win by doing nothing.

I'm pretty focused on my career, and if it comes down to hanging out with somebody or learning my lines, it's gonna be learning my lines.