Quotes About Commitment

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

free-floating, gutless state of frantic evasiveness that preferred to twist and temporize rather than take a stand which required commitment to defend.

We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and a half years.

I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.

You don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.

To high-drive labs and boarder collies, fetch is often more than just a game; it's their job, a dead serious business.

Research and eyewitness anecdotes show that mated wolves do indeed form till-death-do-us-part monogamous bonds that equal any in the animal kingdom and put many human commitments to shame.

Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.

I try to be the best husband I can be, and if people respect that, that's cool. But there's no 'perfect husband.' We just all try to do the best we can, you know what I mean?

think it might be true to say that we were close to calling it a day. Steve O'Rourke always maintained that each member of the band came to him separately at some point to vent his irritation, going as far as threatening to leave.

No more hired guns; just David, Rick and myself, with the engineer at the desk, a two-track left running – and as much time as we needed. Although bitter experience had taught us to be prepared for disappointment, and though there was no pressure to come up with anything concrete at these sessions, the very fact of booking the studio was an indication of our commitment.

even if Guy Pratt was the last out of the bar the night – or morning – before, his playing was faultless on stage, a tribute to his iron constitution or the fact that our music was too easy.

You have to know your product. You have to advocate wholeheartedly for your product. If you take the king's shilling, you must fight the king's wars.

Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.

recognize certain traits that seem to be in every champion: passion, commitment, confidence, pride in performance, high standards of excellence, relentlessness, perseverance, and the ability to perform in adverse circumstances.

don't want to see, you must decide if the battle is worth your time and effort. In your life, only you can decide what is worth going to battle for, keeping in mind what may be sacrificed in the process.

Psychologist Dr. Terry Orlick has been studying excellence in sports, business, and life for decades. He is world renowned for his motivational and mental approach to peak performance. Orlick has determined that there are seven components of excellence: commitment, focus, confidence/trust/belief, positive imagination, mental readiness, controlling distractions, and constant learning.

we had more skill than you can imagine, at almost every position. But guys didn't want to put in the effort or to play with toughness and togetherness, and the incredible skills never developed into talent.

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.

What I can say with honesty is that my research in Russia and in Germany has brought me nothing but the worsening of my eyesight and the waste of years of my life. And I did it all for you.

Love wasn't a state change. Romance might be, and lust, and like, but they were just the preconditions. Love was the choice you made; day in, day out.

She had to be the king's fist, a killer. She had asked for this task. It must be done.

You're mine. You'll grow old in my household, die warm and well fed. You're my bodywoman. Some services I'll require, from time to time. But I won't…I won't.