Quotes About Commitment

We can change our wives," he said. "We can change our jobs, our nationalities and even our religions, but we can never change our team.

Because if you love and want something enough—whatever it is—then you don't really mind eating the shit sandwich that comes with it.

The image of the tragic artist who lays down his tools rather than fall short of his impeccable ideals holds no romance for me. I don't see this path as heroic. I think it's far more honorable to stay in the game - even if you're objectively losing the game - than to excuse yourself from participation because of your delicate sensibilities. But in order to stay in the game, you must let go of your fantasy of perfection.

We had more fun waiting in line together at the Department of Motor Vehicles than most couples have on their honeymoons. We gave each other same nickname, so there would be no separation between us. We made goals, vows, promises and dinner together. He read books to me...

What you absolutely must not do is turn around and walk out. Otherwise, you will miss the party, and that would be a pity, because—please believe me—we did not come all this great distance, and make all this great effort, only to miss the party at the last moment.

Your home is whatever in this world you love more than you love yourself.

And try not to make a habit of getting engaged in the first place, Vivvie. It can leade to marriage if you're not careful.

Worse, their relationship with their work is often emotionally violent. You want to make something? You are told to open up a vein and bleed. Time to edit your work? You are instructed to kill your darlings.

We were so committed to solving this thing. Because how could two people so in love NOT end up happily ever after? It HAD to work. Didn't it?

He didn't quit his day job to follow his dream; he just folded his dream into his everyday life.

He became a poet the way other men become monks: as a devotional practice, as an act of love, and as a lifelong commitment to the search for grace and transcendence.

I told him. I was not accustomed, Angela, to having men listen to me. And as for your father, he was not accustomed to being with a woman who would walk five miles with him in the middle of the night, in the rain, in Queens, just to keep him company when he could not sleep.

There's something about a white gown - setting aside the obnoxious question of virginity - that signals to a man that this day is not like any other day. It shows him that he's been chosen. It means a lot to men, I have learned over the years, to see their brides walking toward them in white. Helps to quiet their insecurities. And you'd be surprised how insecure the men can be.

Minu jaoks on abielu nagu operatsioon, mis õmbleb kaks inimest kokku; lahutus seevastu meenutab amputatsiooni ja sellest tervenemine võtab kõvasti aega. Mida kauem kooselu kestis või mida jõhkramalt teid lahku amputeeriti, seda raskem on lahutusest toibuda.

Work with all your heart, because—I promise—if you show up for your work day after day after day after day, you

I do what I do because I like doing it.

I don't think that marriage means to suffer endlessly, in order to prove that you can honor a commitment. I don't think marriage is supposed to be an endurance contest.

Go out there and love them hard...

I always try to remind myself that I am having an affair with my creativity, and I make an effort to present myself to inspiration like somebody you might actually want to have an affair with—not

Stop treating your creativity like it's a tired, old, unhappy marriage (a grind, a drag) and start regarding it with the fresh eyes of a passionate lover. Even if you have only fifteen minutes a day in a stairwell alone with your creativity, take it. Go hide in that stairwell and make out with your art.

This proclamation of intent and entitlement is not something you can do just once and then expect miracles; it's something you must do daily, forever.

You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures

Dessutom kunde jag inte glömma vad min syster en gång hade sagt till mig medan hon ammade: ''Att skaffa barn är som att skaffa sig en tatuering i ansiktet. Man måste vara bergsäker på att det är så man vill ha det innan man sätter igång.

you may be wondering how it was physically possible for us to drink more than we already did, but here is the thing about drinking: one can always drink more, if one is truly committed. It's just a mater of discipline, really.