Famous Quotes & Sayings

Denis Waitley

Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.

DeForest Soaries

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

Dennis Anderson

You cannot see faith, but you can see the footprints of the faithful. We must leave behind "faithful footprints" for others to follow.

Ed Fallon

To me you have to commit yourself to the sacrifice, because it's so important. Even if people don't agree, they appreciate commitment.

Ed Koch

I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

Eliza Dushku

TV can be a long commitment.

We were trying to go hard to get guys in here for competition. Instead of one guy, we may go by committee to try to replace Antoine.

Charlie Daniels

Make sure to be honest with yourself, about if that's really what you want to do with your life - to make music. It takes a commitment - a tremendous, thick-skinned commitment of being the first one to get there and the last one to leave, doing what you want to do even if you have to work twice as hard as anybody else ever did.

Charles Taylor

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand.

Charles Dickens

He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.

Charles Stanley

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

Al Sharpton

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us.

Al Sharpton

But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed.

David Mixner

Treating HIV/AIDS is a lifelong commitment that demands strict adherence to drug protocols, consistent care, and a trusting relationship with health care providers.

David Miliband

What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change.

David Kim

Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.

David Tennant

Twitter! It's like being stalked by committee!

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.

Caitlin Stasey

Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done.

We want them to have that local commitment to the community, and that's a big part of our request for proposals. We're not looking for Wells Fargo out of San Francisco.

Frank Hadden

We want to try and pinch some of their ball. Nathan has a long term commitment to playing for Scotland.

Chris Alexander

I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that by making ourselves uncompetitive.

Chinua Achebe

There is something about important stories that is not just the message, but also the way that message is conveyed, the arrangement of the words, the felicity of the language. So it's really a balance between your commitment, whether it's political or economic or whatever, and your craft as an artist.

Charlie Munger

Failure to handle psychological denial is a common way for people to go broke. You've made an enormous commitment to something.You've poured effort and money in. And the more you put in, the more that the whole consistency principle makes you think.

Charles Garfield

Self-mastery calls for thorough familiarity with one's mental and emotional strengths. And it calls for sustaining a commitment to personal growth - the understanding of what makes you tick as an individual - as well as personal development.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.

Bill McKibben

Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest of creation, it's unlikely we'll be able to overcome the status quo.

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you find that more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

Mark Cuban

The one requirement for success in our business lives is effort. Either you make the commitment to get results or you don't.

Dennis Ross

There is no question that Jordan is strongly committed to the peace process and will always be supportive of any effort to try to find ways to put things back on track,

There is no question of India's commitment to democracy in Nepal. I want this message to go very loud and clear.

E. B. White

There is no presumption here that Mr. Palmeiro committed perjury, but we just have an obligation to determine that,

Pat Toomey

There is no member of the House of Representatives more committed to the idea of limited government and economic freedom than John Shadegg.