Quotes About Commitment

But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them. And I didn't love Samuel the way a woman should love her mate, the way I loved Adam. Samuel didn't love me that way either. Close, but not quite. And except in horseshoes and hand grenades, close doesn't count.

The next time you leap into a burning building after me, you'd better make damned sure I'm in there. And wear your shoes, damn it.

For her he shook like an alcoholic in need of his gin, because he felt she needed to know her options, no matter how his wolf felt about losing his mate. Her knight, indeed.

Like most people who own their own businesses, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying.

get you. You get me. No take-backs.

I thought we'd established that when I claimed you for my mate and then my husband. I get you. You get me. No take-backs.

I'm not dating Adam.

She would have to learn to accept that he was a man of his word. In the meantime he would give her something to think about.

He pulled her tight against him. "I will defend your heart and your soul with everything in me.

But he isn't my lover, or my fiancé, or my boyfriend or anything, and I refuse to be killed with him.

I am determined to have the headache Thursday, if I have to hit myself with a rock to do it.

I didn't ask what you'd said about it," the frog snapped. "I asked what you're going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

In fact, "talent" is as common as mud; what's rare is the motivation to sit down and actually do something with one's talent, the discipline to do it regularly, and the persistence to stick with it until it's finished.

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.

People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that.

Today's collaborative efforts often are negotiations rather than new creations born out of what has most heart and most meaning. To practice courageous collaboration is to commit ourselves to something that is worthy of our whole selves. And, we invite others to show up in the same way. From that new place different possibilities emerge.

Am I acting like the person I most want to be? If not, what can I do to act like that person? Answer: Improve (make it a little better), appreciate, connect, or protect. Am I being the partner I want to be? If not, what can I do to be that kind of partner? Answer: Improve (make it a little better), appreciate, connect, or protect.

Protection in committed relationships is different from protection in dating. The battle cry is no longer "to the rescue" or "I'll fix this for you." The key now is maintenance, empowerment, assistance, and friendship

Fix your partner firmly in your heart during four crucial times of the day. Hug your partner six times a day for six seconds. Hold positive thoughts about your relationship. Make a contract to hand out love with compassion and generosity.

What is it that some women think a man who's been eatin' buffet all his life will suddenly settle in for the same menu every night once he tastes their cookin'?

He had done it. He had taken her. Now all he had to do was keep her. *