Commitment Quotes - Page 2

• You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Why Not Try God?", Chapter 6 (newspaper serial) in St. Petersburg Times, sect. 2, p. 3, news.google.com. January 25, 1936.

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• More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Jesus, Numbers, Issues

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• If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.

  Stephen Covey

  Wells, Ifs, Meaningless

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.61, Simon and Schuster

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• A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.

  Greta Scacchi

  Relationship, Dating, New Relationship

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• Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.

  Bill Gates

  Money, Business, Organization

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• One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

  Donald Johanson

  Successful, Pursuit, Particular

  "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.

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• A promise must never be broken.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Trust, Integrity, Broken

  Alexander Hamilton (1903). “Works”

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• The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Essence, Manifestation

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.108, Mango Media Inc.

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• Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Leadership, Circles

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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• You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He had undertaken so costly a sacrifice for us. When His hands are pierced, when He is parched with fever, His tongue dried up like a shard of pottery, when His whole body is dissolved into the dust of death, you never hear a groan or a shriek that looks like Jesus is going back on His commitment.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Sorry, Sacrifice

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• You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

  Les Brown

  Life, Motivational, Appreciate

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• Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Perseverance

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  If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Just remember that if you're not working at your game to the utmost of your ability, there will be someone out there somewhere with equal ability who is. And one day you'll play each other, and he'll have the advantage.

  Ed Macauley

  Games, Play, One Day

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  The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.

  Tom Landry

  Life, Football, Nfl

  Tom Landry, Gregg A. Lewis (1990). “Tom Landry: an autobiography”, Zondervan

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• You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.

  Joel Osteen

  Church, Christ, Committed

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• When it comes to God's commands, the issue is not clarity; it's commitment.

  Woodrow M. Kroll

  Issues, Clarity, Command

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• Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Freedom, Absence

  Paulo Coelho (2009). “The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

  Dick Vermeil

  Inspirational, Sports, Hurt

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• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• Generosity is never out of season.

  Janet Morris

  Generosity, Seasons

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.211, Paradise Publishing

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• Commitment, by its nature, frees us from ourselves and, while it stands us in opposition to some, it joins us with others similarly committed. Commitment moves us from the mirror trap of the self absorbed with the self to the freedom of a community of shared values.

  Michael Lewis

  Moving, Mirrors, Self

  Michael Lewis (1995). “Shame: The Exposed Self”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

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• There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.

  Buck Rodgers

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

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• A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Progress, Half, Volition

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