Quotes about Commitment

And to be effective, that statement has to come from within the bowels of the organization.

IBM stands for three things: the dignity of the individual, excellence, and service.

It also requires independent will, the power to do something when you don't want to do it, to be a function of your values rather than a function of the impulse or desire of any given moment.

By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods. The

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives.

The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves. Inside-out

Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?

Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.

When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn't otherwise do.

I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.

Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you"