Commitment Quotes - Page 3

• A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

  Tom Flores

  Life, Motivational Sports, Coaching

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• Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.

  Phillips Brooks

  Made

  Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons”

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• Commitment is taking the first step, even if it means falling the rest of the way down.

  Wes Fesler

  Fall, Mean, Way

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• Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

  Henry Miller

  Integrity, Fate, Acceptance

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.22, New Directions Publishing

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• My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

  Faye Wattleton

  Army, Volunteer, World

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• Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Political, Boldness And Courage

  "The Scottish Himalaya Expedition". Book by W. H. Murray, 1951.

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• Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Ignorance, Ideas, Boldness And Courage

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• Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.

  Steven Pressfield

  Moving, Ignorance, Ideas

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• And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed - the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.

  Janet Morris

  Death, Horse, Fighting

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.5, Paradise Publishing

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• We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment.

  Willie Aames

  Married, Made, Fearful

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• Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

  Barack Obama

  Iraq, Missions, Combat

  Address to the Nation on the End of Operation Iraqi Freedom, delivered 31 August 2010, Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.

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• A lot affects the outcome. It boils down to scheduling and the commitment of the network.

  David Ogden Stiers

  Outcomes, Scheduling

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 21, 2002.

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• We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.

  Chris Chocola

  Country, Fighting, Iraq

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• America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

  John W. Gardner

  Freedom, Greatness, Self

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• Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

  Imre Lakatos

  Intellectual, Blind, Virtue

  Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Gregory Currie (1980). “The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes: Volume 1: Philosophical Papers”, p.1, Cambridge University Press

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• To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

  Robert Conquest

  Thinking, Profound, Faults

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• Commitment is never an act of moderation!

  Kenneth G. Mills

  Moderation

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• To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.

  Jessica Lange

  Passion, Character, Emotional

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• You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

  Napoleon Hill

  Success, Confidence, Believe

  Dennis Kimbro, Napoleon Hill (2011). “Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: A Guide to Success for Black Americans”, p.358, Fawcett

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Family, Success, Congratulations

  "Mike Krzyzewski on Courage". www.achievement.org.

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• Better a broken promise than none at all.

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Broken, Promise

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.383, Courier Corporation

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• All promise outruns performance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Promise, Performances, Outrun

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• Men are fools who forget what really matters while time goes by.

  Janet Morris

  Love, Time, Brotherhood

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• It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.

  Janet Morris

  Love, Tragedy, Right Thing

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.173, Paradise Publishing

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