Quotes About Commitment

Emotional support is yet another facet of commitment, revealed by behavior such as being available in times of trouble and listening to the partner's problems.

To maximize the chances of preserving a long-term bond, couples would do well to remain faithful; produce children together; secure ample economic resources; act kind, generous, and understanding; and attend to their mate's sexual and emotional desires. These actions do not guarantee a successful relationship, but they increase the odds substantially.

Upset over neglect and unreliability reflects a conflict over investment of time and effort. It takes effort to be on time. Reliability requires relinquishing time and resources that could be channeled toward other goals. Neglect signals a low investment, indicating that the man lacks the depth of commitment necessary to perform acts that require even minimal cost for the woman's benefit.

Chuck swore he would never leave him again so long as he lived. He lost his own sense of failure in making it up to London for the blow he had dealt him. London responded in a way far beyond anything Chuck could have expected. As a result, Chuck Eisenmann, with London, found a new career crowned by success beyond his highest hopes in the world of baseball.

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

The Proverbs 31 woman is not the model of a perfect woman. She is the model of a committed woman under God.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Those who forever seek the will of God are overrun by those who do it.

Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.

Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.

You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.

If you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

Faith is taking God seriously.

God is not looking for more stars; He's looking for more servants.

God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.

A willing heart is the first step in finding God's will in our lives. We cannot expect God to force us or to plead with us about the calling in our lives.

I put God first and do not allow other things to cloud my vision.

Because God is faithful, He can be trusted fully to completely carry out His commitments to us in Christ.

A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.