Famous Quotes & Sayings

Imre Lakatos

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

Giorgio Napolitano

No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

Gary L. Francione

Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence.

Gary Hamel

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

Jerry Bridges

There is no point in praying for victory over temptation if we are not willing to make a commitment to say no to it.

Jerry Bridges

When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.

Ian Hacking

Acceptance means commitment, among other things.

If I can do this, it'll be a commitment.

If he made commitments when running, he has to listen to them. I think having a dialogue with them is good it's when you don't speak to people that it gets worse.

Vicente Fox

I feel like new, ... Filled with confidence, strength, serenity and the commitment to work for Mexico.

I can understand why this always went away in November and December. The pressure is there to make it go away now. And we don't want it to go away. That's why we're hitting it head-on with the managers. If we don't stay the course, we're in trouble. We've made a commitment and we have to stay the course.

I do think that has raised his stock. I think he's showing what his commitment is to the community.

I am proud of the kids' commitment. They have stayed together and battled. This was a big win tonight for our confidence.

Edward Kennedy

He's obviously an intelligent and informed nominee, but the real criteria that all of us look for is whether the nominee is going to have a core commitment to the constitutional values and the rights and liberties and interest of the American people.

Jackie Stewart

He's now walked away, I understand, from that commitment, which is unusual.

Walter Mosley

He's not wild in the way that he once was. He wants a deeper commitment or relationship with a woman.

He's not unhappy with the money. It's the commitment factor that he's unhappy with.

Bernie Bickerstaff

Collectively, the group has been what we wanted them to be in terms of that commitment to effort.

Howard Thurman

A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

Howard Stern

I'm trapped inside of me and I don't go out at all. I go to bed at eight o'clock at night. I never go out during the week. I'm in psychotherapy four days a week, pretty heavy commitment to it.

Howard Schultz

My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.

Howard Schultz

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.

Irving Kristol

You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.

Emeril Lagasse

Because of my restaurant schedule and other commitments I have, I shoot up to 12 shows in a week. It's taped live.

Samuel Bodman

By and large, they seem to be understanding that we have a situation where there needs to be more oil rather than less oil in the world. There seems to be a commitment to it.

By nearly a 3-to-1 margin Americans overwhelmingly support the USF and Congress' continued commitment to keep all Americans connected. This support speaks volumes for the positive things that the USF program has done and all that it can continue to do to keep Americans connected.

But we also have to be prudent going forward in terms of what long-term spending commitments we can make,

Hopefully, Japan will meet the commitment it made earlier in the year.

He stressed to us a real commitment to customer service and developing the full potential of employees, ... He places a heavy emphasis on people.

Neale Donald Walsch

The biggest commitment you must keep is your commitment to yourself.

Nancy Pelosi

That is why, as one who values the U.S. - Israel relationship, and loves Israel, I was near tears throughout the Prime Minister's speech - saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States as part of the P5 +1 nations, and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation.