Committed Quotes - Page 24

• We look back, already, with astonishment, at the daring outrages committed by despotism, on the reason and rights of man; we look forward with joy, to the period, when it shall be despoiled of all its usurpations, and bound forever in the chains, with which it had loaded its miserable victims.

  James Madison

  Men, Rights, Joy

  James Madison (1867). “1829-1836”, p.467

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• If, during the course of the game, it be discovered that any error or illegality has been committed in the moves of the pieces, the moves must be retraced, and the necessary correction made, without penalty.

  Howard Staunton

  Moving, Errors, Games

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• A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it.

  Parker J. Palmer

  Building, Scholar, Correcting

  Parker J. Palmer (1999). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.27, John Wiley & Sons

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• If everybody was so reverent of the institute of marriage, how did all the adultery get committed?

  Zoë Heller

  Adultery, Institute, Ifs

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• We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one...is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt.

  Rollo May

  Inspirational, Commitment, People

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• Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.

  Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

  Christian, War, People

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• Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

  Lactantius

  Savages, Mars, Venus

  Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.40, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I visited the Pentagon a few days after September 11, and I still remember so vividly the smell of terror surrounding the entire building and complex. I was angry that such a brutal act of violence was committed against innocent people.

  Randy Forbes

  Smell, People, September 11

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• All errors are just ordinary, what extraordinary sin can you commit? All the sins have been committed already. You cannot find a new sin - it is very difficult, it is almost impossible to be original about sin. For millions of years people have committed everything that can be committed. To be thrown in hell for your sins. Now this is too much! you can throw a man into hell for five years, ten years, twenty years, fifty years. If a man has lived for seventy years you can throw him there for seventy years.and that is if you only believe in one life. It is good that they believe in one life.

  Rajneesh

  Believe, Men, Errors

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• The player can only compete with the best internationally when they've committed themselves to this goal. They have to be properly supported until that point.

  Jurgen Klinsmann

  Player, Goal, Competition

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• Spending our tax dollars on actually preventing crimes, instead of pursuing death sentences after they've already been committed, will assure us we will have fewer victims.

  Gil Garcetti

  Dollars, Law Enforcement, Crime

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• ...the kingdom of God is that invisible collection of committed Christians that transcends cultures, ideologies... and creeds- all bound by the golden commitment to say nothing and do nothing that would attack the self-esteem, the self-respect, and the dignity of any other human being, whether or not they are committed members of the kingdom of God. The dignity of the person then is the irreducible cell of true Christianity.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Christian, Religious, Self Esteem

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• For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or care about feminism anymore, that it's totally over. But it's not.

  J. Courtney Sullivan

  Girl, Thinking, Feminism

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• The wickedness of a loose or profane author is more atrocious than that of a giddy libertine or drunken ravisher, not only because it extends its effects wider, as a pestilence that taints the air is more destructive than poison infused in a draught, but because it is committed with cool deliberation.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Air, Poison

  Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.123

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• You are worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us. And I share your concern. What is a conservative after all but one who conserves, one who is committed to protecting and holding close the things by which we live...And we want to protect and conserve the land on which we live - our countryside, our rivers and mountains, our plains and meadows and forests. This is our patrimony. This is what we leave to our children. And our great moral responsibility is to leave it to them either as we found it or better than we found it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Responsibility, Men

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• We will maintain heading until he's committed, then I want a hardskew-turn to starboard. As hard as you can make it, Chief. I want our starboard broadside on him as he passes below us, and then I want to cut down across his stern and stick it right up his kilt. Clear? (Honor Harrington)

  David Weber

  Cutting, Honor, Kilts

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• A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits The Almighty and His ability to perform miracles in your life. He has put the vision in you - proceed! To wait, to wonder, to doubt, to be indecisive is to disobey God.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Heart, Waiting

  Andy Andrews (2005). “The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success”, p.86, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Secret, Walking With God, Walks

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• Passion doesn't create commitment; commitment creates passion. To what are you committed?

  Roy H. Williams

  Passion, Commitment

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• Difficulties arise whenever a committed relationship is succeeding. Love makes you vulnerable. . . . Your defenses relax and the dark side of your personality arises. . .

  Thomas Keating

  Love, Dark, Personality

  Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O. (2012). “Invitation to Love 20th Anniversary Edition: The Way of Christian Contemplation”, p.103, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• You can be totally committed to conservative principles - to individual liberty, a market economy, entrepreneurship and lower taxes - and still be a Green Conservative. You can believe that with the sound use of science and technology and the right incentives to encourage entrepreneurs, conservatism can provide a better solution for the health of our planet than can liberalism.

  Newt Gingrich

  Believe, Technology, Entrepreneur

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• Teamwork is the foundation of success. The three universal questions that an individual asks of his coach, player, employee, employer are: Can I trust you? Are you committed to excellence? And, do you care about me?

  Lou Holtz

  Teamwork, Caring, Player

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• He was doing missionary work. But from the outset he had little success in convincing his charges of their responsibility for a sin committed at the beginning of creation, one which, as they understood it, they were ready and capable (indeed, they carried charms to assure it) of duplicating themselves. He did no better convincing them that a man had died on a tree to save them all: an act which one old Indian, if Gwyon had translated correctly, regarded as "rank presumption".

  William Gaddis

  Responsibility, Men, Tree

  William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt

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• I'm always striving to be a better man to God, a better husband, a better Dad so it's just work, but I'm committed to it.

  Andre Ward

  Motivation, Husband, Dad

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• If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

  Oprah Winfrey

  Self, Expression, Growth

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.153, Macmillan

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