Quotes about Commitment

What a man believes, he will die for. What a man merely thinks, he will change his mind about.

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.

The secret to success in any human endeavor is total concentration.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not these fifty things I dabble in.

It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty, too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep, I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can.... Have I done enough?

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards; they will be dissipated, lost and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you.