Quotes About Commitment

anger harms no one more than he who harbors it. That both bitterness and true happiness are choices that we make, not conditions that fall upon us from the hands of fate. That peace is to be found in the acceptance of things that we are unable to change. That friends and family are the blood of life, and that the purpose of existence is caring, commitment.

If I ever sold my soul, it'd be for you.

When a good woman knows an important thing needs to be done, she won't let death prevent her from doing it.

They say that ignorance is bliss. I think ignorance is the mother of extreme behavior, ensuring either a colorless and tedious life or one of passionate commitment to foolishness of one kind or another.

a touchstone by which they both could test their commitment to what was good and true in a world of darkness and lies. But a touchstone had value only if they acted with reason, from a sense of duty, rather than because sentimentality overtook them.

Perhaps everything else that mattered in a relationship grew from trust—from a tranquil faith in the courage, integrity, and kindness of the other person.

Intensity. He believes in living with intensity.

chose us for service

If that were to happen, she couldn't keep her Promise.

To be a winner, you gotta be in the game.

You need somebody to work for besides who pays you, somebody special to build something with, to share a future with.

Deputy Carrickton

Teach us… To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil and not to seek for rest… —St. Ignatius Loyola

The thing to understand is that you have to do what you have to do, always and without complaint. That's the way.

A man's commitment to others, especially to friends and family, could never be excessive.

Helen Mainway, Charlie's wife

One of Dorian Purcell's rules for living a good life was that no matter what you were doing, whether it was building a giant tech company or banging your mistress, breaking a competitor and driving him into ruin or playing pinball, you had to commit to it as if it was everything, as if your very survival depended on it.

That is the Promise she made, to live for them. But she has been doing little more than surviving.

Don't be a quitter. Try harder. Don't be so picky. Be willing to start at the bottom. Prove yourself.

Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.

Why not? For your information I'm hoping it doesn't last more than a month or two myself.? His words stung as sharply as a slap across the face. Maybe by that time you'll be miserable enough to be willing to marry me-

fight for me. Prove to me that you're worthy of all the faith I have in you.

Love based on shared experiences and friendship is what helps relationships last.

Love means more to me than being sexually compatible. It means being an important part of your life as you'll be in mine. It means encouraging you to be everything you've ever wanted to be, sharing in your triumphs and comforting you in your failures. It means giving you the courage to try again. That's what love is all about.