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Quotes About Commitment

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked… it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
Do not leave me." "I cnnot." "Because we are chained together?" I asked sadly. He frowned in thought. "Non, I feel it is because we are chained to something else?" "What, a rock?" I asked with amusement. "Non, a cart." "So we are two centaurs chained to a cart? What is in the cart?" "Love," he said soberly. "I think the cart is our partnership.
~ Unknown
if one writes one can do nothing else.
~ W.B. Yeats
If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.
~ W.H. Auden
You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at.
~ W.H. Auden
I will love you forever" swears the poet. I find this easy to swear too. "I will love you at 4:15 pm next Tuesday" - Is that still as easy?
~ W.H. Auden
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, I'll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky.
~ W.H. Auden
If people marry on the assumption that love must always overcome obstacles, they will either become unfaithful or they will make things difficult. The better you know someone, the better you can torture him: man and wife become each other's devils.
~ W.H. Auden
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.
~ Unknown
Im not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.
~ Sania Mirza
You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.
~ John Brodie
We must, from here on in, all go down the same path... There may not be another chance.
~ Maurice Strong
Sometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.
~ Gaspar Noe
Keep showing up for your side of the job and give genius a chance to do its part.
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.
~ Shelby Foote
If I didn't believe that we had a chance of coming to power, then I would have focused on taking care of my three children or gardening.
~ Marine Le Pen
There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.
~ Emmitt Smith
You don't think about anything because you just try to playevery game, every point. If you get some chance, you try to take this chance.
~ Nikolay Davydenko
You have no chance at getting a rebound unless you make it.
~ Billy Packer
You get one chance to make an impression and coasting through is a disservice.
~ James Vincent McMorrow
I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.
~ Zach Condon
When you find the one, my lad, grab her up in your arms and never let her go. You may never get another chance.
~ Gaelen Foley
I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.
~ Pau Gasol