Quotes About Commitment

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

The case is closed, Mr. Poldark. You will kindly step down." "Otherwise," said Dr. Halse, "we will have you committed for contempt of court." Ross bowed slightly. "I can only assure you, sir, that such a committal would be a reading of my inmost thoughts.

God, thought Ross, it does work, and unfairly; but I want her, not any other, not the most beautiful eighteen-year-old damsel born out of a sea-shell, not the most seductive houri of any sultan's harem; I want her with her familiar gestures and her shining smile and her scarred knees, and I know she wants me in just the same way, and if there's any happiness more complete than this I don't know it and am not sure I even want it.

He was a man of moods, yet he was her constant, something unchanging, infinitely reliable, the pivot of her life. There could never be anyone else. Without him she would not be more than half alive.

Arthur had begun to understand with devastating clarity that the most valuable thing a human can do is commit to another human, or humans---in this case, his family.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

Become a ghost. Forget the attention. Just hustle.

if we lust for ease and comfort today—caring only for ourselves, stopping halfway, and giving up our rights in the matter of pursuing the Lord—we will not be able to recover those rights; neither will there be any compensation for them. This is an eternal loss.

Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won't cry, lips that won't lie, and love that won't die.

Artists often enslave their friends.

A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.

It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.

It is, of course, a money marriage, nothing more. I wouldn't want to enter into this kind of marriage. I wish to make my wife happy and not make my happiness through her.

church is not a meeting; it is a way of life.

Christianity has never been cheap; it was always meant to cost us our very lives.

As the company of the redeemed, we do not belong to ourselves anymore; we belong to God and therefore to God's community.

Kung Fu, like any art, is a practical affair, not just a question of gathering knowledge. In other words, one becomes proficient through hard, regular practice, not by reading about it.

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!

We have begun a fight that it may be will take many a generation to complete...but you know that men are not put into this world to go the path of ease; they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle...We have given our lives to the enterprise, and that is richer and the moral is greater.

I would rather fail in a cause that would ultimately succeed, than succeed in a cause that would ultimately fail.