Commitment Quotes — Page 43

Henry Rollins

Musician, Writer, Actor

“I'm just shallow and self-interested, and don't get out much because I'm afraid of real commitments.”

Real Self Commitment

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Khaled Hosseini

Author, Physician

“A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the commitment and the patience to see the rebuilding process through.”

Done Community Commitment

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”

Inspirational Time

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.”

Matter Commitment

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Jeaniene Frost

Author

“I am offering you a real commitment— a place in my life forever. Even if our relationship ended, our tie to each other never would. Let me make you a vampire, Leila, and watch decades slide by like days while you’re by my side.”

Real Commitment Offering

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Joe Murray

Artist, Illustrator

“Anyone who knows me, knows I don't walk away from a commitment, but I had a commitment to myself. Yes, there were times Nickelodeon made it more difficult than it needed to be, but there were also times they made it easier.”

Made Commitment Easier

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John Burroughs

Naturalist, Writer

“It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the history has been for the United States and Russia especially that nuclear weapons have kind of become part of the identity of the countries.”

Country Powerful Commitment

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John Burroughs

Naturalist, Writer

“The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties of the United States are part of the supreme law of the land along with the constitution itself and laws passed by Congress. Well, the US government certainly has not been acting in recent years as if treaties were part of the supreme law of the land.”

Law Land Commitment

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John Burroughs

Naturalist, Writer

“The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since '96, there really hasn't been progress on specific commitments that have been made. Perhaps most disturbing is this: that the United States and France in particular, since 1996, have expanded the range of circumstances under which they might use - they say they might use - nuclear weapons.”

Progress Commitment Might Use

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John F. Kennedy

Politician

“We must live our lives in such a way that our children, and their children after them, will form a natural and lasting commitment to the vigorous life. Only in this way can we be assured that the spirit and strength of America will be constantly replenished.”

Children America Commitment

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Jordan Banks

Entrepreneur

“I've had five grandparents who have had Alzheimer's. I've been involved in raising money for two decades, so I thought, how could I combine my work with this commitment to helping dementia? One of the myths is that it's an older person's disease. We're seeing early onset dementia among people at 45. It's the disease of everybody.”

People Commitment Grandparent

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Joyce Meyer

Author, Speaker

“When we make a true commitment to walk in love, it usually causes a huge shift in our lifestyle. Many of our ways - our thoughts, our conversation, our habits - have to change.”

Way Causes Commitment

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