Quotes About Commitment

An intentional life embraces only the things that will add to the mission of significance.

A person without discipline is in a prison without bars.

leaders who are effective are leaders who are disciplined in their daily lives.

4. The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Greater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.

John D. Rockefeller Jr. said, "I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty." The

Four Unpardonable Sins of a Communicator": being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable.

As the old saying goes, work isn't work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

Motivated employees are 87 percent less likely to leave an organization compared to an unmotivated employee." —BILL HYBELS

El crecimiento personal es como una inversión; no es cuestión de oportunidad sino de tiempo.

The secret of the surrendered life is giving God the first part of every day, the first day of every week, the first portion of your income, the first consideration in every decision, and the first place in all of your life.

WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE TO BE A PERPETUAL LEARNER.

How do you know something is an excuse? Ask yourself, "Would it stop me from doing something I love to do?" If it wouldn't, it's an excuse.

Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.

The Prayer of Mary] My Faithful Lord and Master, I boldly request that You speak to these dear servants of Yours. Ask big things of them. Make them uncomfortable. Stretch them in ways that they have no idea You can. And give them the will, the heart, and the faith to say a wholehearted yes to You whenever You ask. May their obedience change not only them, but the world. Amen.

The Law of Diminishing Intent says that the longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never do it.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

Una de las experiencias más difíciles para cualquier miembro de un equipo es sacar del equipo a otro miembro. Y sin embargo es lo que hay que hacer si alguien rehusa desarrollarse o cambiar para beneficio del grupo. Eso no quiere decir que usted quiera menos a esa persona. Sólo significa que usted no seguirá perdiendo su tiempo invirtiendo en alguien que no puede o no quiere hacer que el equipo sea mejor.

focus and follow through.

Durante veintiún días, escribió casi sin parar. Luego pasó otros dos días trabajando en la orquestación. En veinticuatro días, completó el manuscrito de doscientos sesenta páginas. Llamó a esa obra El Mesías.

Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. —THOMAS HUXLEY

Author Kenneth Blanchard says, "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results." That's what leaders do. They commit and follow through.

1. Cop-outs. People who have no goals and do not commit. 2. Holdouts. People who don't know if they can reach their goals, so they're afraid to commit. 3. Dropouts. People who start toward a goal but quit when the going gets tough. 4. All-outs. People who set goals, commit to them, and pay the price to reach

As leaders we need to remember that. Strong convictions precede great actions. When we know something is right-- and that conviction is bolstered by the knowledge that our motives are pure...-- we need to follow through. Others may second-guess our thinking and our decision-making. But when we know what's right, we can't let those things throw us off. We need to stand by our convictions.

People who lack vision almost always lack passion. Incompetent leaders are ineffective and they often stay that way.