Commitment Quotes - Page 21

• As a long-time British Airways advisor, I have seen first-hand that as a company they are committed to innovation, entrepreneurship and the Bay Area community. UnGrounded is strong proof of that commitment.

  Rhonda Abrams

  Strong, Hands, Long

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• Joining a band of brothers together, a group with one common interest or mission, whether as a company, a team, or a motorcycle club, requires not only a commitment to loyalty but an understanding of self-preservati on as well.

  Sonny Barger

  Loyalty, Brother, Team

  FaceBook post by Sonny Barger from Jan 30, 2015

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• If each Monday morning, you make a choice to move into the new work week with renewed commitment and passion, you can change all areas of your life. You can truly change your Mondays and change your life.

  David Cottrell

  Monday, Morning, Moving

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• The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

  Mark Galli

  Christian, Decision, Doe

  Mark Galli (2011). “Chaos and Grace: Discovering the Liberating Work of the Holy Spirit”, p.115, Baker Books

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• We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.

  Earl Blumenauer

  Military, War, Responsibility

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• The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Country, Real, Talking

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• Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment.

  David McClelland

  Change, Hands, Order

  "Interview by David C. McClelland" by Katherine Adams, in Competency, vol. 4 no.3, pp.18 - 23, Spring, 1997.

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• The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.

  Bianca Jagger

  War, Rights, Fundraising

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• The United States and Israel have enjoyed a friendship built on mutual respect and commitment to democratic principles. Our continuing search for peace in the Middle East begins with a recognition that the ties uniting our two countries can never be broken.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Ties, Israel

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• I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, period. We will not allow them to develop a nuclear weapon, and we will exert all options in the effort to ensure that that does not happen...The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.

  Leon Panetta

  Rocks, Israel, Iran

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• I want you and the people of Israel to know a few things that have not and will not change. The United States stands firmly with Israel, and we have a rock solid commitment to the security of Israel and to the security of its citizens.

  Leon Panetta

  Rocks, Israel, People

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• I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what counts more than talent, what counts more than energy or concentration or commitment, or anything else - is kindness. And the more in the world that you encounter kindness and cheerfulness - which is its kind of amiable uncle or aunt - the better the world always is. And all the big words: virtue, justice, truth - are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness.

  Stephen Fry

  Uncles, Kindness, Aunt

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• We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we, as Americans, share: a culture committed to justice, a land that welcomes the weary, a people devoted to tikkun olam. ... So America's commitment ... and my commitment to Israel and Israel's security is unshakeable. It is unshakeable. ... I am proud to say that no U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel's security than ours. None. Don't let anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact.

  Barack Obama

  America, Israel, Land

  "Remarks by the President at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 16, 2011.

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• [The] United States is proud to stand with you as your strongest ally and greatest friend. I see this visit as an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between our nations, to restate America's unwavering commitment to Israel's security, and to speak directly to Israel and to your neighbors.

  Barack Obama

  Opportunity, America, Israel

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• The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official American policy, with the wishes of a majority of its own citizens - and honor its own previous commitments - by accepting its legal borders. All Arab neighbors must pledge to honor Israel's right to live in peace under these conditions.

  Jimmy Carter

  Law, Government, Israel

  Jimmy Carter (2006). “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid”, Simon and Schuster

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• The Catholic community, with many others, has long worked for this new commitment on global health and debt relief (President George W. Bushs proposed $15 billion Global AIDS initiative). I hope that Congress will now appropriate the money needed to make this legislation a reality, and that the U.S. government will press for strengthening the debt relief program along the lines proposed by this legislation.

  John Ricard

  Reality, Government, Long

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• Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.

  Paul Tsongas

  Faith, Adversity, Journey

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• Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King and the plight of African-Americans. Ray Charles may not have been on the front lines, but he put his money where his mouth was.

  Diane Watson

  Money, Kings, African American

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• But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference.

  Mitchell Reiss

  Real, Eye, Keys

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• Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don't need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to broad-based change.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Change, Creating, Numbers

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• The future belongs to the common man with uncommon determination.

  Baba Amte

  Determination, Common, Men

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• Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

  Mel White

  Christian, Notable, Traps

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• My commitment to the Bible [is my] source of progressive values.

  Mel White

  Notable, Progressive, Source

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• Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Powerful, Silence, Police

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• I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. . . But that experience at the slaughterhouse overwhelmed me. When I walked out of there, I knew I would never again harm an animal! I knew all the physiological, economic, and ecological arguments supporting vegetarianism, but it was firsthand experience of man's cruelty to animals that laid the real groundwork for my commitment to vegetarianism.

  Peter Burwash

  Real, Hockey, Animal

  Peter Burwash, John Tullius (1983). “Peter Burwash's Vegetarian Primer”, Atheneum Books

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