Quotes about Commitment

What we don't keep in focus before us eventually fades.

The proof that we believe something isn't when we agree with what someone teaches us, it's when we act on it.

Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters, but to do is that which pleases God.

I am for going on, and venturing my eternal state with Christ, whether I have comfort here or no; if God doth not come in, thought I, I will leap off the ladder even blindfold into eternity, sink or swim, come heaven, come hell; Lord Jesus, if thou wilt catch me, do; if not, I will venture for thy name.

it is common for those that have called themselves His servants, after awhile to give Him the slip, and return again to me.

Well, if nobody will have me... Mercy shrugged. I will die unmarried and my moral convictions will be to me like a husband. For I cannot change my nature, and for as long as I live I do not intend to marry someone who disagrees with me in this.

Christian shook his head. "No, I will not. I have laid my hand to the plough and will not look back." (No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. — Luke 9:62)

Now, he had not run far from his own door, but his wife and children, perceiving it, began to cry after him to return; but the man put his fingers in his ears, and ran on, crying, Life! life! eternal life! [Luke 14:26] So he looked not behind him, but fled towards the middle of the plain. [Gen. 19:17]

55} Secondly, Thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou art to prefer it before the treasures in Egypt. [Heb. 11:25,26]

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.