Quotes About Commitment

Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

Patriotism is not a short outburst of emotion, but is the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

Responsiblity is a unique concept. It can only reside and inhere in a single individual. You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you. You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it.

You can fight only for something you love. You can love only what you respect. You can respect only what you know.

Walczy? mogÄ™ tylko o coÅ›, co miÅ'ujÄ™, miÅ'ujÄ™ tylko to, co szanujÄ™, szanujÄ™ tylko to, co rozumiem (Und kämpfen kann ich nur für etwas, das ich liebe, lieben nur, was ich achte, und achten, was ich mindestens kenne)

I can fight only for something that I love. I can love only what I respect, and in order to respect a thing I must at least have some knowledge of it.

EÄŸer bu iÅŸe lay?k?yla sar?lmay?p da iÅŸi  ucundan tutarsan?z, ancak basit bir geveze ve istismarc? olmaktan ileri gidemezsiniz.

The fighters, the lukewarm, and the traitors.

Ich kann nur für etwas kämpfen, das ich liebe. Ich kann nur lieben, was ich respektiere. Und um eine Sache zu respektieren, muss ich zumindest einiges darüber wissen.

In the thirteen years of my struggle for Germany, I have had to put up with so much persecutions and personal attacks that I gradually really learned to put the great cause, which I serve, above the miserable own self. Letter of November 16, 1932 to v. Papen

Think Thousand times before taking a decision But - After taking decison never turn back even if you get Thousand difficulties!!

From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: 'Tough' and 'Competent'. Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.

Deception takes commitment, vigilance, and a very good memory. To keep the truth buried, you must tend to it. For years and years, my job was to pile on sand - fistfuls, shovelfuls, bucketfuls, whatever the moment necessitated - in an effort to keep my mother's secret buried.

We all know the adage that one lie begets the next. Deception takes commitment, vigilance, and a very good memory. To keep the truth buried, you must tend to it.

The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.

If I could let you know - two women together is a work nothing in civilization ha made simple, two people together is a work heroic in its ordinariness, the slow-picked, halting traverse of a pitch where the fiercest attention becomes routine - look at the faces of those who have chosen it.

What do I mean by commitment? I'll flash back to 1821: Shelley's claim, in "The Defence of Poetry", that "poets are the unacknowledged legislaters of the world". Piously overquoted, mostly out of context, it's taken to suggest that simply by virtue of compossing verse, poets exert some exemplary moral power - in a vaue, unthreatening way. (...) He did NOT say, "Poets are the unacknowledged interior decorators of the world".

My verse works.' In two senses: as participant in political struggle, and at the personal, visceral level where it's received and its witness acknowledged. These are two responses to the question of poetry and commitment, which I take as complementary, not in opposition.

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.