Quotes about Commitment
Therefore by the example of Abram, entire self-renunciation is enjoined, that we may live and die to God alone.
— John Calvin
So also we, if we are to give ourselves wholly to Christ, must break away from all the entanglements of this world.
— John Calvin
There is no end and no limit to the obstacles of the man who wants to pursue what is right and at the same time shrinks back from self-denial.
— John Calvin
May we be prepared, whatever happens, rather to undergo a hundred deaths than to turn aside from the profession of true piety, in which we know our safety to be laid up. And may we so glorify thy name as to be partakers of that glory which has been acquired for us through the blood of thine only-begotten Son. Amen.
— John Calvin
The Church is our mother, inasmuch as God has committed to her the kind office of bringing us up in the faith until we attain full age.
— John Calvin
Whoever wishes to have the half of Christ, loses the whole.
— John Calvin
And this is the evidence of faith that we never allow ourselves to be torn away from Christ and the promises we have in him. The
— John Calvin
Don't think you can relax yourself to happiness. Happiness comes as a result of doing.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions.
— Les Brown
And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for
— Maya Angelou
Only the believers pick up the prizes in life.
— Norman Vincent Peale