Quotes About Commitment

The tennis bag is a lot like your heart—you have to know what's in it at all times.

Years later I would hear my father say the divorce had left him dating his children. That still meant picking us up every Sunday for a matinee and, if he had the money, an early dinner somewhere.

Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don't write at all.

I don't think I could love you if your nose fell off because you wouldn't take reasonable care of it.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...

A life that has been bought by the blood of friends must not be thrown away.

The only true failure can come if you quit.

He was convinced he would keep his word. Not because he feared for his health, but because one cannot break a promise made to one's guardian angel. And he resumed the climb.

Tell me you'll come back for the pack. For me." His eyes were bright with tears. I don't want to lose you.

I pledge allegiance to perspiration …

Voglio solo fare cose che mi entusiasmano. Cose in cui credo totalmente, senza nessun genere di riserva. Senza nessun patteggiamento o adattamento alla realtà o abbassamento di soglie.

Quand'è che quello spirito ha cominciato a cambiare? Quando hanno cominciato a cambiare loro? O hanno semplicemente smesso di essere come avrebbero voluto essere, E sono tornate a essere come sono? A che punto il gioco dell'invenzione si è trasformato in sforzo di costruzione, impegno dopo impegno, vincolo dopo vincolo? Quand'è che la leggerezza si è trasformata in peso?

Così ha cominciato a cercare frasi nei libri che ama, e a trascriverle con la penna stilografica su pezzi di quattro centimetri per due di carta paglierina che poi arrotola stretti e lega con un nastrino rosso.

The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide.

Commitment is like putting your foot in the ocean of life, if it is not all the way in, you are not committed." Andreas Simic

There is nothing like routine, which leads to consistency and persistency. Both are needed for success." Andreas Simic

We believe in Quine, the father of metaontology, and in his criterion of ontological commitment. Which for us ontologists and for our craft was perfectly born in On What There Is . We believe in one catholic and first-order logic. We acknowledge one method—paraphrase—for the remission of ontological sins. And when paraphrase fails, we accept without shame the entities required by our best theories. Amen.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for!

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.