Quotes About Commitment

Things I'll never do. You would not feel uncomfortable reading that list, as you will have already admitted that these are things you do not want to do—and will not do.

Alexander McCall Smith

You know how they leave their things lying around on the floor." Mma Ramotswe, in spite of her commitment to fairness, had to agree. Men were very untidy, for the most part. They could not help it, she knew, and one could not blame them for it, as neither could they help being men. It was just the way things were.

That's precisely what I'm saying: in order to become better people, we must practise," Isabel said.

You never know whom you're going to marry. But what you really want is to marry somebody who's kind. That's the most important thing, you know. They don't have to be good looking or rich or anything like that - but they have to be kind.

course she wanted Jamie to the exclusion of all others—what were the precise words of the marriage service, before linguistic meddling had destroyed its poetry? Forsaking all others? What a powerful, resonant word was forsake. The phrase forsaking all others meant so much more, made its point so much more emphatically than its weaker alternatives.

Love of what you do is unmistakable in the care with which you do it, whether it is seen in the way in which an artist applies the final touch of paint to his canvas, a master carpenter sands the last touch of roughness from the surface of the wood, or a woman making pasta kneads the compliant dough, draws it out, coaxes it to the right consistency.

Now that you are going to be my wife, I must teach you what wives are for" (pg.53)

that is how marriages take place. If you left it up to men, they would never get there. Nobody would be married. You have to remind men to get married.

Love of what you do is unmistakable in the care with which you do it

Mutluluk için doÄŸmad?m ben; Ruhum yabanc?d?r buna; Fayda yok yetkin halinizden: Ben lay?k deÄŸilim ona. Ä°nan?n(vicdan bir güvence) Evlilik büyük bir iÅŸkence. Size duysam da s?cakl?k, SoÄŸuk tutar al??kanl?k; AÄŸlars?n?z: o yaÅŸlar benim Dokunmaz hiç yüreÄŸime, Döndürür beni deliye. Hangi gülleri,karar verin, Hymenaios bize haz?rlar Belki de çok uzun y?llar!

Savelitch, whose sober conduct had rendered him worthy of being selected to take charge of me.

You're not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross.

I love my job, and I hope people find comfort in knowing there are still people out there who love what they do." —a New York acute care nurse

In high school, Jake and Arjun had been straight A students who were heavily involved in school activities and did not party.

But it is crucial to know that despite these issues, nurses love their jobs and will enthusiastically persuade potential recruits to join the field.

Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.

I will follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.

I have forgiven the world for the love of you;

She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, 'she is my betrothed.' 'Sometimes one and the same thing,' said Morrel, with a smile. 'Not with us, sir,' replied Dantes.

Without words, protestations, or vows, I have laid my life in your hands. You fail me, and, I repeat once more, you are quite right in acting thus; nevertheless in losing you I lose part of my life.

Peut-être, dit Athos; mais, en tout cas, écoutez bien ceci: assassinez ou faites assassiner le duc de Buckingham, peut m'importe! je ne le connais pas, d'ailleurs c'est un Anglais; mais ne touchez pas du bout du doigt à un seul cheveux de d'Artagnan, qui est un fidèle ami qu j'aime et que je défends, ou je vous le jure sur la tête de mon père, le crime que vous aurez commis sera le dernier.

you cannot reproach me with the slightest coquetry. I have always said to you, 'I love you as a brother; but do not ask from me more than sisterly affection, for my heart is another's.' Is not this true, Fernand?

Believing in God is as much like falling in love as it is making a decision. Love is both something that happens to you and something you decide upon.