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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON COMMITMENT
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
Brigham Young (1801-1877, American Mormon leader) The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante Alighieri
When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
Barbara De Angelis (American expert on relationship & love, author)
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
Les Brown (1945-, American speaker, author, trainer, motivator,)
Nothing of worthy or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.
Isaac Barrow
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.
Kenneth Blancbard
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.
Kenneth Blancbard
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
Ron Blomberg (1948-, American baseball player)
A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881, Scottish philosopher, author)
What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.
Marcus T. Cicero (c. 106-43 BC, Roman orator, politician)
It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you or you perish, that the seed of life in you bestirs itself to provide a new resource.
Robert Collier (1885-1950, American writer, publisher)
If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.
Robert Conklin (American teacher, author, speaker)
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
Stephen R. Covey (1932-, American speaker, trainer, author of "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People")
Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter, it's the belief that counts.
Robertson Davies (1913-1995, Canadian novelist, journalist)
We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.
Dabney J. Day
We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.
Dabney J. Day
The dedicated life is the life worth living.
Annie Dillard (1945-, American author, poet)
The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.
Mack R. Douglas
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
Peter F. Drucker (1909-, American-Austrian management consultant)
The principle of neutrality... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.
John Foster Dulles (1888-1959, American republican secretary of state)
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
The uncommitted life isn't worth living.
Marshall Fishwick (1923-, American writer)
A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.
Tom Flores (1937-, American football coach)
Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet... when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
B.C. Forbes
Our future and our fate lie in our wills more than in our hands, for our hands are but the instruments of our wills.
B.C. Forbes
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd George (1863-1945, British Prime Minister)
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
The resolved mind hath no cares.
George Herbert (1593-1632, British metaphysical poet)
There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.
Jim Hightower
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.
Lou Holtz (1937-, American football coach)
If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you're stuck and you don't know how to rise, don't look outside yourself. Look inside. Don't let your fears keep you mired in the crowd. Abolish your fears and raise your commitment level to the point of no return, and I guarantee you that the Champion Within will burst forth to propel you toward victory.
Bruce Jenner (1949-, American track athlete, author, speaker)
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963, American President (35th))
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, American President (16th))
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970, American football coach)
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970, American football coach)
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970, American football coach)
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vince Lombardi (1913-1970, American football coach)
Resolve and thou art free.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1819-1892, American poet)
Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory.
Zedong Mao (1893-1976, Founder of the People's Republic of China)
Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.
Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924, American author, founder of Success Magazine)
You know from past experiences that whenever you have been driven to the wall, or thought you were, you have extricated yourself in a way which you never would have dreamed possible had you not been put to the test. The trouble is that in your everyday life you don't go deep enough to tap the divine mind within you.
Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924, American author, founder of Success Magazine)
Decide that you really want to achieve the goal...
Robert J. McKain
It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
Golda Meir (1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-74)
My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, diluted, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate... at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in a maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, let up, or slow up.
Robert Moorehead
One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so.
John Naisbitt (American trend analyst, futurist, author)
The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
Martina Navratilova (1956-, American tennis player)
Better that we should die fighting than be outraged and dishonored. Better to die than to live in slavery.
Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1928, British suffragette)
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory.
George S. Patton (1885-1945, American army general during World War II)
Drink nothing with out seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.
Cardinal De Richelieu (1585-1642, French statesman)
I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
There's always a way -- if you're committed.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Anthony Robbins (1960-, American author, speaker, peak performance expert, coach) Author's website: www.anthonyrobbins.com
The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.
Darrell Royal (1924-, American college football coach)
The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.
George Santayana (1863-1952, American philosopher, poet)
Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can always be assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle; he defeated the battle of not trying.
Robert H. Schuller (1926-, American minister, author, social leader)
He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.
George P. Schultz
The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.
William F. Scolavino
Every cause needs people more than money, for when the people are with you and are giving your cause their attention, interest, confidence, advocacy and service, financial support should just about take care of itself; whereas, without them in the right quality and quantity in the right places and the right states of mind and spirit, you might as well go and get lost.
Harold J. Seymour
Nothing is so common as unsuccessful men with talent. They lack only determination.
Charles Swindoll (1934-, American pastor, author)
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Proverbs 16:3
So will I go in unto the king... and if I perish, I perish.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Esther 4:16
Anytime you play golf for whatever you've got, that's pressure. I'd like to see H.L. Hunt go out there and play for $3 billion.
Lee Trevino (1939-, American golfer)
You don't know what pressure is until you play for $5 with only $2 in your pocket.
Lee Trevino (1939-, American golfer)
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell -- you see, I have friends in both places.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
A winner makes commitment. A loser makes promises.
Author Unknown
Reality forms around a commitment.
Author Unknown
Some men dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.
Author Unknown
The man who sees both sides of an issue is very likely on the fence or up a tree.
Author Unknown
What a man believes, he will die for. What a man merely thinks, he will change his mind about.
Author Unknown
I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890, Dutch-born French painter)
Community partnerships, non-financial investments, and profitable social responsibility can offer companies of all sizes new ways to widen their community relationships. And community involvement is definitely good business.
C. William Verity Jr.
If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.
Dick Vermeil (1936-, American football coach, sportscaster)
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.
Denis Waitley (1933-, American author, speaker, trainer, peak performance expert) Author's website: www.deniswaitley.com
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
Faye Wattleton.
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
Brigham Young (1801-1877, American Mormon leader)
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