Quotes about Commitment

They can't yank a novelist like they can a pitcher. A novelist has to go the full nine, even if it kills him.

With thee goes thy husband, him to follow thou art bound; Where he abides, think there thy native soil.

So, I'm not on a diet. I'm on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of holiness.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you're screwed.

If you will here stop and ask yourselves why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it.

You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing there waiting for them... I've told every young writer I know to do the job all the way through even if they think it's no good. Then they'll have the precedent of having finished work.

We can make a strong unconditional commitment to ourselves to take care of our deepest needs, no matter what other people do or don't do.

Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.

We think of a martyr as one who dies for his faith; however, it is really one whose life is so totally committed to his faith that nothing will dissuade him from it, not even the threat of death. His death does not make him a martyr; it only confirms that he was truly a martyr.

There is time for work. And there is time for love. That leaves no other time.

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

His leading is only for those who are already committed to do as He may choose. To such it may be said: "God is able to speak loud enough to make a willing soul hear.