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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment.

  Gary Chapman

  Positivity, Feelings

  Gary Chapman (2010). “The 5 Love Languages/Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married Set”, p.31, Moody Publishers

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• You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

  David Robinson

  Inspirational, Basketball, Confidence

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Motivational, Philosophical, Doe

  "De Senectute (On Old Age)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Chapter IX), 44 BC.

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• Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Mean, Government, Giving

  Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.109, Verso

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• Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Children, Home, School

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• Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

  George W. Bush

  Character, Compassion, History

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2001

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• I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

  Tony Campolo

  Cities, Special, World

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• The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Business, Weight Loss, Focus

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie”, p.143, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 30, 2014

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• There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it.

  Claire Forlani

  Wedding, Form, Counting

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• Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.

  Kenneth Lee Pike

  Acceptance, Conflict, Christianity

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• I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

  Heinz Pagels

  Science, Reason, Occult

  Heinz R. Pagels (1988). “The dreams of reason: the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity”, Simon & Schuster

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• Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

  Peter Drucker

  Communication, Mean, Fate

  Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.121, Routledge

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• We're not in this for the fast money. Really, what we want is to be part of this industry.

  David Filo

  Money, Want, Internet

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• I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Success, Business, Rejection

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• When employees and employers, even coworkers, have a commitment to one another, everyone benefits. I have people who have been in business with me for decades. I reward their loyalty to the organization and to me. I know that they'll always be dedicated to what we're trying to accomplish.

  Donald Trump

  Loyalty, Organization, People

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• I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

  Diane Sawyer

  Ordinary, Ongoing, Conversation

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• The greatest trouble with most of us is that our demands upon ourselves are so feeble, the call upon the great within of us so weak and intermittent that it makes no impression upon the creative energies; it lacks the force that transmutes desires into realities.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Reality, Creative, Desire

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• The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

  Gerry Adams

  Leadership, Army, Republican

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure.

  Ruben Hinojosa

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!

  Tim Pawlenty

  Jobs, Common Sense, Important

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• We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

  Rick Larsen

  Fighting, Epidemics, Law

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• We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.

  David Elkind

  Abuse, Nuclear Families, May

  David Elkind (2009). “Ties That Stress: The New Family Imbalance”, p.31, Harvard University Press

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