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• I don't have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I'm committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.

  Barbara Johnson

  Worry, Details, God Has A Plan

  Mary Graham, Barbara Johnson (2007). “Amazing Freedom: Devotions to Free Your Spirit and Fill Your Heart”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.

  Mick Foley

  Book, Serious, Bigs

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• Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.

  Brian Tracy

  Acceptance, Excellence, Mediocrity

  Brian Tracy (1998). “Successful Selling”, p.11, Jaico Publishing House

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

  Neale Donald Walsch

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• I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.

  Desmond Tutu

  Girl, Want, Equal

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• Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.

  Donald Johanson

  Sports, Attitude, Important

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• True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

  Dalai Lama

  Emotional, Compassion, Reason

  Dalai Lama (2001). “The Compassionate Life”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• A commitment to growth is a commitment to risk, courage, faith, strength, hope, and a willingness to make mistakes, get back up and try again.

  Christine Caine

  Mistake, Risk, Growth

  FaceBook post by Christine Caine from Feb 14, 2015

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• Anything that is close to your heart is worthy of your time and commitment.

  Colin Morgan

  Heart, Worthy

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• Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Responsibility, Compassion

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.89, Penguin

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• Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

  Germany Kent

  Sticks, Excuse

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• Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground.

  Sara Ahmed

  Pain, Struggle, Feelings

  Sara Ahmed (2013). “The Cultural Politics of Emotion”, p.189, Routledge

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• Commitment is the ultimate assertion of human freedom. It releases all the energy you possess and enables you to take quantum leaps in creativity. When you set a one-pointed intention and absolutely refuse to allow obstacles to dissipate the focused quality of your attention, you engage the infinite organizing power of the universe.

  Deepak Chopra

  Creativity, Quality, Energy

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Nov 02, 2015

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• Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Bad Ass, Greatness, Weight

  Twitter post from May 10, 2011

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• Those who would practice magic must be scrupulously honest in their personal lives. In one sense, magic works on the principle that 'it is so because I say it is so.' For words to take on such force, you must be deeply and completely convinced that it is identified with truth as you know it. To a person who practices honesty and keeps commitments, 'As I will, so mote it be' is not just a pretty phrase; it is a statement of fact.

  Starhawk

  Honesty, Practice, Magic

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• American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

  Helen Mirren

  Voice, Energy, Actors

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• Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done.

  Caitlin Stasey

  Actors, Done, Firsts

  "Caitlin Stasey on Tomorrow sequel: My involvement may be over" by Amanda Diaz, www.if.com.au. March 27, 2012.

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• Somewhere between psychotic and iconic/ Somewhere between I want it and I got it/ Somewhere between I’m sober and I’m lifted/ Somewhere between a mistress and commitment

  Drake

  Mistress, Want, Sober

  Song: Furthest Thing, 2013

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• Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples.

  Aga Khan IV

  Years, Pluralism Is, Diversity

  Press Release: Aga Khan Welcomes Government of Canada's Partnership in New Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa, Canada, April 18, 2005.

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• To die for the revolution is a one-shot deal; to live for the revolution means taking on the more difficult commitment of changing our day-to-day life patterns.

  Frances M. Beal

  Mean, History, Patterns

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• The commitment must be much deeper - to let no species knowingly die; to take all reasonable action to protect every species and race in perpetuity.

  E. O. Wilson

  Nature, Race, Action

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• Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Trust, Levels, Steps

  Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.49, Oxford University Press

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• When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and I have a young daughter - has to take second place.

  Lucy Lawless

  Daughter, Opera, Singers

  "Television Q&A". St. Petersburg Times, April 11, 1998.

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• In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and knowledge, not to mention their commitment to access for all—librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy, and they’re right. Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the Ph.D…In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

  Marilyn Johnson

  Loss, Player, Tough Times

  Marilyn Johnson (2010). “This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• There is a kind of certainty that seems to characterize Jared Smith's best work, an understanding about place and the flow of spirit that makes you think of Thoreau along with a commitment as fierce as that of Pablo Neruda.

  Joseph Bruchac

  Thinking, Make You Think, Understanding

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