Commitment Quotes - Page 31

• For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times when war is justified, and for many centuries the moral criteria for violence have been carefully delineated.

  Jimmy Carter

  War, Doe, Violence

  Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.532, Simon and Schuster

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• SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Successful, Thinking, Self

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Nov 17, 2014

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• Winners make commitments, losers make excuses.

  John Schuerholz

  Loser, Winner, Excuse

  John Schuerholz, Larry Guest (2008). “Built to Win: Inside Stories and Leadership Strategies from Baseball's Winningest GM”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• Marriage is a commitment for life. It is a permanent, lifelong relationship.

  Dada Vaswani

  Lifelong, Permanent

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• I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Baseball, Views, Careers

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• Commitment to great causes makes great men.

  Billy Graham

  Men, Causes, Great Men

  "A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.

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• One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.

  Zig Ziglar

  Dream, Persistence, Differences

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.1, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one's own well-being.

  Marianne Williamson

  Betrayal, Self, Punishment

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.157, Hay House, Inc

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• Back when I was dating, the dreaded C word was Commitment. As soon as most men found out I had a child, they ran. If I ever got close enough to say the words, 'I love you,' they ran faster.

  Regina Brett

  Children, Love You, Dating

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• Community [is] a group of individuals who have learned how to communicate honestly with each other, whose relationships go deeper than their masks of composure, and who have developed some significant commitment to "rejoice together, mourn together," and to "delight in each other, make others' conditions our own.

  M. Scott Peck

  Community, Together, Groups

  M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership... This is the holy ground.

  James Taylor

  Holy Ground, Partnership, Holy

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.

  Treat Williams

  Hands, Three, Six Months

  "Afternoon Treat". Interview with Michael Portantiere, www.theatermania.com. April 26, 2002.

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• The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation.

  M. K. Asante

  Struggle, Fighting, Artist

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• He and she become selective at different points; she can be selective when he wants his primary fantasy - sex; he can be selective when she wants her primary fantasy - commitment.

  Warren Farrell

  Sex, Different, Want

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

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• COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Goal, Choices

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Sep 25, 2014

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• You can’t coach guts and commitment.

  Heyneke Meyer

  Guts, Coaches

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• Casual obedience and lukewarm commitment weaken faith.

  Kevin W. Pearson

  Obedience, Casual, Lukewarm

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• The greatest rewards come only from the greatest commitment.

  Arlene Blum

  Rewards

  Arlene Blum (1984). “Annapurna, a woman's place”

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• Once you have a handle on loving yourself, you can practice sharing that love with others. You’ve probably been taught to reserve the language of love for when you’re feeling overwhelmingly tender and passionate, and only for those who have made huge commitments to you. We recommend instead learning to recognize and acknowledge all the sweet feelings that make life worthwhile even when they don’t knock you over—and, moreover, learning to communicate those feelings to the people who inspire them.

  Dossie Easton

  Sweet, Loving Yourself, Practice

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• Although I will deeply miss the talented team at SCEA and the passion demonstrated every day by our fans, I'm very excited about starting the next chapter of my career. I want to thank the employees, partners, and customers for their tireless commitment to the PlayStation brand and, of course, to our fans who have pushed us to new heights of innovation and entertainment over the past two decades. I leave PlayStation in a position of considerable strength and the future will only get brighter for PlayStation Nation.

  Jack Tretton

  Team, Passion, Past

  "Jack Tretton To Step Down As President And CEO Of Sony Computer Entertainment America". Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., www.prnewswire.com. March 06, 2014.

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• Café Gratitude offers an experience that expands what is possible for all people–a great recipe for business. I've watched Café Gratitude grow and have experienced both the flavors of their food and their commitment to providing a sacred experience for their customers.

  Chip Conley

  Gratitude, People, Flavor

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• America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

  Barack Obama

  Struggle, Sacrifice, Justice For All

  Announces the Death of Osama Bin Laden, delivered 1 May 2011

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• As President, I'll invest in renewable energies like wind power, solar power, and the next generation of homegrown biofuels. That's how America is going to free itself from our dependence on foreign oil – not through short-term gimmicks, but through a real, long-term commitment to transform our energy sector.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Oil, America

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• Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.

  Jacques Maritain

  Religious, Atheism, Gears

  Jacques Maritain (1966). “A Maritain Reader: Selected Writings”

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• [W]earisome as it may seem, women must realize that, in making a commitment to a man, they have merged in his unconscious with his mother and have therefore inherited the ambivalence of that relationship.

  Camille Paglia

  Mother, May, Realizing

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Vamps & Tramps: New Essays”, p.46, Vintage

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