Quotes About Commitment

I, Perrin Aybara, do pledge you my love, Faile Bashere, for as long as I live For as long as I live and after. What I possess in this world I give to you. A horse, an axe, a bow. A hammer. Not much to gift a bride. I give you life, my love. It's all I have. I will keep you and hold you, succor and tend you, protect and shelter you, for all the days of my life. I can't keep you; the only way I can protect you is to send you away. I am yours, always and forever.

You can ask or demand anything of me, but never to let you die without trying to save you. The day you die, I die.

He hadn't asked to become a leader, but did that absolve him of responsibility? People needed him. The world needed him. And, with an understanding that cooled in him like molten rock forming into a shape, he realized that he wanted to lead. If someone had to be lord of these people, he wanted to do it himself. Because doing it yourself was the only way to see that it was done right.

If you boys... you men can do what has to be done when you'd rather do almost anything else, why do you think I will do less? Or Egwene

In war, as in farming, you sometimes had to step in and get knee-deep in the muck.

a man's word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all.

An argument must have opposition if it is to prove itself, my son," she said. "One who argues truly learns the depth of his commitment through adversity. Did you not learn that trees grow roots most strongly when winds blow through them?

Light's truth, if you got a woman to feed you on a regular basis, she was halfway won.

Who would rule a nation when he could have easier work, such as carrying water uphill in a sieve?

The fact that the price must be paid is proof that it is worth paying.

I've stayed with you this long, Rand. Why would I stop now?" Loial

Afterwards, we will do as we must. As we do now.

The worst sin a general can commit, worse than blundering, worse than losing, worse than anything, is to desert the men who depend on him.

You are more precious to me than life. Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.

Leaving something unfinished was nearly as bad as messing up the details.

We must be back in Shadizar by tomorrow night, and we have matters to settle, you and I, when this is done." "I will look forward to it," Bombatta snarled. "And I," Conan said, starting forward again, "will look back upon it.

A man must seek duty, not glory.

Por el nombre de mi madre, desenvainaré cuando me digáis que lo haga y enfundaré cuando me digáis que enfunde. Por el nombre de mi madre, acudiré cuando me llaméis y me iré cuando me digáis que me marche. —Besó la hoja y alzó la mirada hacia ella, expectante.

three, and while he breathed, he could not abandon Elayne or Egwene.

Aemon had sent out messengers. Aid was promised if they could hold for but three days at the Tarendrelle. Hold for three days against odds that should overwhelm them in the first hour. Yet somehow, through bloody assault and desperate defense, they held through an hour, and the second hour, and the third. For three days they fought, and though the land became a butcher's yard, no crossing of the Tarendrelle did they yield.

This meeting had only one real purpose, a simple and ancient ceremony of the Borderlands that had been recorded only seven times in all the years since the Breaking. A simple ceremony that would commit them beyond anything words could do, however strong.

Maldito Rand al'Thor!» Una se enamoraba de un hombre y acababa haciendo la colada, aunque la ropa perteneciera a otro hombre.

but he never did seem to get around to reading the books he meant to read.

I can't keep you; the only way I can protect you is to send you away. "I am yours, always and forever.