Quotes about Commitment
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
— Cicero
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?
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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.
— Abraham Lincoln
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.
— Maria Edgeworth
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
— Herbert Hoover
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.
— Napoleon Hill
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you.
— John F. Kennedy
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Happy [is] the man who knows his duties!
— Christian Furchtegott Gellert
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Being asked one day what was the surest way of remaining happy in this world, the Emperor Sigismund of Germany replied: "Only do in health what you have promised to do when you were sick."
— Anonymous
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.