Quotes About Commitment

Would you risk your life for anything? If so, what would it be?

Most of us will never do great things. But we can do small things in a great way.

Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life.

Well, love don't count one rass unless it's a verb.

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

Which was the braver, the one who left, or the one who stayed?

He had brought me to feel that free love was better than that hallowed by the sanctity of marriage, that those bound in wedlock soon wearied and satiated of one another and then awoke to find themselves forever bound together, to shiver for a life-time over the dead embers of an extinct passion, or to break their vows and bring shame and disgrace upon each other, and upon their children.

Marriage is the natural means of forming a sphere, of taking root on the earth: it requires strength to do this without such an opening, very many have failed to this, and their imperfections have been in every one's way.

She finally said: 'I want to provide you with the opportunity to be free to make a choice of belonging with someone, but never to someone else'.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before.

Knowing the hard limits to our cognitive capacity and the huge cost of working long hours should not be an intractable problem to address. We have a century of data and a roll call of the disastrous consequences that follow those who insist that heroic hours are a proof of commitment to an employer. Companies that measure work by hours could make themselves smarter by the simple act of measuring contribution by output and rewarding those who go home.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.

Wherever you're working is where you take a stand. You don't have to go looking for new places, other issues, compelling causes.

T)he motive consecrates the deed.

When I say "work" I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

You won't forget that," Claire assured her. "I like things written down," Tabitha mumbled. "Then you've got them for good.

Practise make it perfect!

Chi ti ama c'è sempre, c'è prima di te, prima di conoscerti

Cosa pretendeva da lui? Tutto. Semplicemente tutto. E questo era stato il vero sbaglio. Chiudersi in un solo amore e chiedergli tutto. Semplicemente perché di tutto hai bisogno.

Tienimi! Vieni quando ti pare, una volta al mese, una volta all'anno. Ma tienimi.

Urchin decided to put off his carefully prepared speech until they were on the shore. They sat on the rocks at low tide as they had so often before, watching anemones and sea urchins while Sepia dabbled her paws in the water. Finally he decided that his speech was ridiculous, and simply asked her to marry him.

Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. "I wanted something more and he was it. We both had big dreams." "That must have taken a lot of courage," I said. "To marry Dad. He was so different from you." "It was hardly courageous. It was just the only thing to do. We were in love.

Never doubt that a small group of commited people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.