Quotes about Commitment

Can any man or woman choose duties? No more that they can choose their birthplace, or their father or mother.

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

The advantage of being lovers is that we have to work hard at our relationship, because everything conspires to drive us apart. Our decision to be together has to be renewed again and again; that keeps us on our toes.

So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the struggle for women's suffrage. She was not aware that such a sacrifice would not be necessary, and that she would marry a man for love who would back her up in her political goals.

Cathy told her that the most important thing in life was to clean up one's own mess, commit oneself a hundred percent to reality, place all one's energy in the present moment, and to do so right now, immediately.

I haven't forgotten. But if I fail you, you can rely on Cathy.

All husbands are boring, John. No woman with an ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.

It is not yours to finish the task, but neither are you free to take no part in it.

God hasn't called me to be successful. He's called me to be faithful.