Quotes about commitment
commitment democracy politics
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. Mary Catherine Bateson
commitment today rooms
During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God in our lives. Pope Benedict XVI
commitment people grace
The essential commitment and, above all, the visible grace and source of supernatural strength for the Church as the People of God is to persevere and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to develop spiritually in the climate of the Eucharist. Pope John Paul II
commitment views said
Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.
commitment self denial
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
commitment demand gods-will
Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God.
commitment effort maintaining
Our efforts must aim at restoring hope, righting wrongs, maintaining commitments, and thus promoting the well-being of individuals and of peoples. Pope Francis
commitment joy challenges
Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!
commitment names together
I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name. Peter Zumthor
commitment warrior thinking
That is what marks out the warrior: the knowledge that willpower and courage are not the same thing. Courage can attract fear and adulation, but willpower requires patience and commitment. Men and women with immense willpower are generally solitary types and give off a kind of coolness. Many people mistakenly think that (they) are cold (people) when nothing could be further from the truth. Paulo Coelho
commitment self leader
Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all. Peter Singer
commitment divorce romance
In stocks as in romance, ease of divorce is not a sound basis for commitment. Peter Lynch
commitment made
Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. Phillips Brooks
commitment judgement feelings
Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. When man rejects reason as his standard of judgement, only one alternative standard remains to him: his feelings. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feelings with knowledge Nathaniel Branden
commitment expression practice
A commitment to lifelong learning is a natural expression of the practice of living consciously.
commitment purpose longing
The historic period in which we live is a period of reawakening to a commitment of higher values, a reawakening of individual purpose, and a reawakening of the longing to fulfill that purpose in life. Robert Fritz
commitment thinking leaving
Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally, when we think of the highest thing. . . . Another way to look at it is that the aim of the person is not to be detached, but to be more attached-to be attached to working; to be attached to making chairs or something that helps everyone; to be attached to beauty; to be attached to music. Robert Bly
commitment fighting law
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
commitment home years
I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.
commitment married kind
Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?" Thomas Ian Nicholas
commitment years ebb-and-flow
We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives. Thomas S. Monson
commitment talking knowing
A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about. Thomas Sowell
commitment government issues
The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential....There are many ways to make the death rate increase. Robert McNamara
commitment vision today
The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment. Robert Kennedy
commitment ideas purpose
Total commitment," I said. "You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know? Sarah Dessen
commitment giving just-friends
This is exactly what i wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.
commitment easy
I've seen what commitment leads to. Going in is the easy part. It's the ending that sucks! -Remy
commitment hands two
He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.
commitment law people
Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time. Sandra Day O'Connor
commitment people humanity
I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people. Robert Rauschenberg
commitment government organization
America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization but also on the commitment, person to person, that we make to each other. Robert M. Hutchins
commitment often-is views
Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we don’t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognate—perfectionism—an inhuman aim motivated by a concern with how others view us. Mastery is also not the same as success—an event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved-line, constant pursuit. Sarah Lewis
commitment long television
The theater commitment is hard, especially in conjunction with a television commitment. That's a big, long commitment. Sarah Paulson