Famous Quotes & Sayings

The foundation remains firmly committed to its mission.

The funds are back in the market, showing a strong commitment on long positions for crude.

The county executive is committed to putting programs in place that would keep ... dangerous drivers off the road. This new program will go a long way toward accomplishing just that.

The course played hard and they let the rough grow very long. We lost a lot of strokes on that hole (16) because it's surrounded by water. It's kind of unfortunate, but this team is still committed to winning.

The current perpetrators of serious human rights crimes should be put on notice that international courts take the crimes they commit very, very seriously.

The members of the committee will be knowledgeable and will know what is expected of the program and will help identify the new coach.

The measure of a nation's commitment to the sanctity of life is reflected in its laws and to the extent those laws honor and defend its most vulnerable citizens.

The mental part is hardest, because I still think the game should be played a completely different way. But I've committed myself to play within our team structure, so to do that and to fight your true feelings is very difficult at times.

Gordon Brown

The memorial committee received over 10,000 suggestions for memorials to Diana, Princess of Wales.

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

The market has a very strong undertone to it and would seem reluctant to surrender too much of its recent gains. Very strong and robust turnover yesterday ventures to suggest some serious commitment to the market place.

The market is also waiting nervously for the release Thursday of the US housing starts data for any fresh trading leads, after having largely priced-in the likely rate hike at the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

John F. Kennedy

The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will possess nuclear or even thermonuclear weapons.

Jonathan Frid

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.

Lara Flynn Boyle

Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.

Thierry Henry

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

Terry Tempest Williams

I think community is a shared history, it's a shared experience. It's not always agreement. In fact, I think that often it isn't. It's the commitment, again, to stay with something - to go the duration. You can't walk away. It's like a marriage, only I think it's more difficult to divorce yourself from community than it is to a human being because the strands are interconnected and so various.

Terry Gross

It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary Clinton], how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment and everything. And it was as if he could tell the narrative in a way that she couldn't.

Terry Bradshaw

The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion .

Simon Mainwaring

Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community.

Richard Brown

[T]he commitment of time, money and man power necessary for a capital case is enormous and it takes from other cases. But I think what bothers me most is that it offers to the families of the victims and the survivors a false sense of closure.

Richard Branson

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life. If you say you're going to do something, make sure you do it. Just try never to let people down.

Richard Branson

Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are valueless. You cannot embrace innovation up to a point or only sometimes. Branding demands commitment; commitment to continual re-invention; striking cords with people to stir their emotions; and commitment to imagination. It is easy to be cynical about such things, much harder to be successful.

Richard Branson

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.

Tim Holden

However, lifestyle intervention requires discipline with a tangible end result that is within reach. It requires personal resolve, a lifelong commitment.

Ron Kaufman

Without commitment, no price will be low enough. With commitment, no price will be too high.

Ron Kaufman

When the customer makes contact, he does not want a quote. He wants a commitment.

Roger Stone

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

Robin Hayes

Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.

Robert Redford

In 1973, I was shown a graphic of how dependent the United States was on nonrenewable resources like oil and coal and that little was being done to change that. It seemed irrefutable that we needed a change in direction or we'd be paying a huge price down the road. That's when I made a commitment to become a political activist.

Robert Mugabe

I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.

Robert Conquest

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

Richard Paul Evans

Commitment to a plan or thought carries with it a force that can influence the unconscious mind and bring about the desired effect. In other words, once we decide to have something, the mind unconsciously begins to create the reality necessary to bring to pass what we desire.