Quotes About Commitment

A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision.

Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often something that you don't have a choice in. You have to do it.

There was a different, visionary team commitment that guided the black community at the beginning of the 20th century, best envisioned by educator, entrepreneur, and founder of Tuskegee University Booker T. Washington.

unfinished business. For the next decade, Rita steered

What's the difference between settling and compromising? When it comes to marriage, what can we live with, and what can we live without? How long does it make sense to hold out for someone better—who we may never find, and who may not exist or be available to us even if he did—when we could be happy with the person right in front of us?

Love should increase over time, not start at a high," she said. "Real love is developed over time. It's about learning to trust, bond, and build a family together, with or without children. So I'm in favor of not overthinking yourself to death in the beginning. Women, especially, tend to rule people out too quickly.

Our marriage is successful because it's built not on an unattainable fantasy of perfection, but out of the realization that love is created, not presented.

People communicate through their attendance—whether they're prompt or late, cancel an hour beforehand, or don't show up at all.

It may seem counterintuitive, but therapy works best when people start getting better—when they feel less depressed or anxious, or the crisis has passed. Now they're less reactive, more present, more able to engage in the work. Unfortunately, sometimes people leave just as their symptoms lift, not realizing (or perhaps knowing all too well) that the work is just beginning and that staying will require them to work even harder.

It isn't that I haven't been able to write at all. In fact, during the time I was supposed to be writing my book, I was crafting fabulously witty and flirtatious emails to Boyfriend, all while telling friends and family and even Boyfriend that I was busy writing my book. I was like the closet gambler who gets dressed for work and kisses his family goodbye each morning and then drives to the casino instead of the office.

Further, for Rich, love was work and free choice, not a result of fate or destiny.

the moment you don't feel like praying, get on your knees. And the moment you don't feel like reading your bible, you'd better get that Book open.

Faithfulness began even before you met your intended.

baseball should be played for the love of the game and not the almighty dollar. I

As enduring as the ocean waves, unconditional love was the cornerstone of transformation.

Friendships take just as much TLC as romantic relationships.

Live passionately or not at all.

No way was he going off to D.C. leaving Taylor in Texas to finish up her odd double major in theatre and human biology without at least getting engaged.

When you love that deeply, you'll sacrifice for the other person's happiness. Even if it means that you have to be unhappy. That's real love, when you can let go of your loved ones so they can be what they need to be.

She looked down at the diamond sparkler and everything it represented—home, hearth, husband, family. She should want this, but the truth was she was up to her ears in home, hearth, and family. The only new addition would be husband.

A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

If I go to hell for this—" "I'll be there as well. I'll dance with you," he promised.