Commit Quotes

• The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

  Jim Morrison

  Children, Parenting, Progress

  "College Students and Their Helicopter Parents: a Recipe for Stress" by Karl Gude, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2014.

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• Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Truth, Two Sides

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28

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• Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.

  Bill Hybels

  Leadership, People, Creative

  Bill Hybels (2009). “Who You Are When No One's Looking: Choosing Consistency, Resisting Compromise”, p.47, InterVarsity Press

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• There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

  Ken Blanchard

  Success, Work, Adventure

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• It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

  Robert Kennedy

  Political, Mind, Tasks

  Robert F. Kennedy, Edwin O. Guthman (1993). “RFK: collected speeches”, Viking Pr

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• When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

  Barry White

  Heart, Hands, Whole

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Freedom, Commitment

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Believe, Evil People

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

  Mario Andretti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Do not commit the error, common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind you have failed.

  Jan de Hartog

  Errors, Political, Making A Difference

  Jan de Hartog (1979). “THE LAMB'S WAR”

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• If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.

  Josef Albers

  Suicide, Way, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

  John Adams

  Suicide, Freedom, Suicidal

  Letter from John Adams to John Taylor, 15 Apr. 1814

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• The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.

  Angelina Jolie

  Life, Crazy, Way

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• Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

  Tony Robbins

  Leadership, Mean, Commitment

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2015

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• Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Commitment, Keeping Promises

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management”, p.123, Routledge

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• Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

  Henry Adams

  Suicide, Science, Race

  "The Letters of Henry Adams, Volumes 1-3: 1858-1892".

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• It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

  Josh Billings

  Sin, Repentance, Easier

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.

  Everett Dirksen

  Suicide, Country, Want

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• People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.

  John Ashcroft

  Atheist, People, Atheism

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• My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

  Kim Wilde

  Marriage, Years, Long

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• It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts.

  Robert Mueller

  Country, Needs, Terrorist

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• If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

  Elena Kagan

  Decision, Principles, Constitution

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• Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.

  Aaron McGruder

  Gun, Political, Terrorism

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• Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.

  Steven Pressfield

  Moving, Ignorance, Commitment

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• Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

  Joe Baca

  War, Winning, World

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