Commitment Quotes

“No son ever develops into manhood without, in some way, being disloyal to his mother. If he remains with her, to comfort her and console her, then he never gets out of his mother complex. Often a mother will do all she can to keep her son with her. One of the most subtle ways is to encourage him the idea of being loyal to her; but if he gives in to her completely then she often finds herself with a son severely injured in his masculinity.

The son must ride off and leave his mother, even if it appears to mean disloyalty, and the mother must bear this pain. Later, like Parsifal, the son may come back to the mother and they may find a new relationship, on a new level; but this can only be done after the son has first achieved his independence and transferred his affection to a woman, either in an interior way with his own inner feminine side or in an exterior way with a real female companion of his own age.

In our myth, Parsifal's mother died when he left. Perhaps she represents the kind of woman who can only exist as a mother, who dies when this role is taken from her because she does not understand how to be an individual woman, but only a "mother.”
― Robert A. Johnson, He: Understanding Masculine Psychology

“You must force yourself to be patient, but in constancy there is no particular effort involved--there is only the unchanging ability to accept things as they are. For people who have no idea of emptiness, this ability may appear to be patience, but patience can actually be non-acceptance.”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

“My God, we ate, slept and dreamed our pictures.”
― Buster Keaton

“A key to success is to start before you are ready.”
― Marie Forleo

“Discouragement has never caused me to give up. But once I’ve had my fill of it, it always causes me to step up.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Learned effectiveness flows from the character traits we’ve been talking about—optimism, confidence, respect for your own talent, persistence, and commitment.”
― Bob Rotella, How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“The price of a successful relationship is devotion. Devotion is, essentially, commitment to something we value. What are we devoted to? Surely not what another person wants. I think most people would agree that being devoted to that would be problematic even with the best of people. So, what exactly are we devoted to? We are devoted to the well-being of another person. And we are devoted to the wellbeing of the relationship. We honour the value of the other person and we honour the worth of the relationship.”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Love is not a reaction, but a carefully nurtured creation.”
― Sarane Alexandrian, The Great Work of the Flesh: Sexual Magic East and West

“Commitments only show you their surface. Until you dive in, you won't know how deep they are, what currents will cling to you or how long you will have to hold your breath before you can tread water again.”
― Glenn Hefley

“Commitment and responsibility are key elements of leadership. Anybody who wants to lead is, in fact, saying, 'I want to take on more responsibility.”
― Sebastien Richard, Lead Like a Superhero: What Pop Culture Icons Can Teach Us About Impactful Leadership

“An investment is deemed an investment only through its returns. - On Investment”
― Lamine Pearlheart

“Many will resolutely declare their allegiance to us. And in time, that allegiance will inevitably come into direct conflict with their allegiance to themselves. Therefore, when the moment of crisis arises, the crisis is less about the crisis itself and more about the crisis of friends having forgotten the meaning of allegiance.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“La iglesia bíblica consiste en los que han sido redimidos por Cristo, unidos en una comunión de fe y amor, y comprometidos a la vida de obediencia y santidad. Este concepto espera que cada cristiano verdadero se una voluntariamente a una hermandad cristiana por medio de un compromiso vertical (con Dios) y uno horizontal (con los hermanos). Éste es el cuadro de la iglesia que vemos en el libro de los Hechos.”
― D. Eugenio Heisey, Más allá del Protestantismo

“Do the job and do it right, or let someone else do it.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life

“Effective leaders do not fear commitment because they are committed to seeing their mission come to fruition.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Commitment can be cash, but doesn’t have to be. Think of it in terms of currency—what are they giving up for you? A compliment costs them nothing, so it’s worth nothing and carries no data. The major currencies are time, reputation risk, and cash.”
― Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

“Conscious leadership demands commitment. Without commitment, leaders become chaotic.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Conscious leadership is a commitment to make better decisions and lead people in the right direction.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Don't pour excuses on your dreams. Pour unbreakable determination and unshakable commitment to make it yours.”
― Hiral Nagda

“Doing it this way has several advantages when it comes to perseverance. It gives you a process to follow. It gives you a series of intermediate goals. And it gives you the satisfaction of meeting these smaller challenges along the way. If your goal is to get a little stronger and a little fitter every day, it’s easier to see the sort of progress that helps sustain a commitment.”
― Bob Rotella, How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“Any vision that doesn’t demand more of you than you have to give it is just an idea that you cooked up on a stove that doesn’t work.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“God wishes more for you than you wish for yourself. And that’s because you fail to comprehend the totality of who you are nor understand the undying commitment of God to the fullness of that totality.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Because it is the recreational athletes who inspire me through the tough times, the everyday heroes who juggle training with a full-time job, a family and other commitments.”
― Chrissie Wellington, A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey

“If you commit yourself, work hard and persevere.
You will succeed!”
― Charmaine J Forde

“Sometimes, it’s not the family we’re born into, it’s the family that finds us, the ones who save and care for us.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Commitment is a function of capabilities and intentions.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Commitment =ƒ(Capabilities x Intentions)”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“I love that the word dedicate has two meanings. First, it means to make something holy (like ’dedicate a memorial’). But it also means to stick at something for a long time (like ’she was dedicated to the project’). I don’t think this is a coincidence: We’re doing something holy when we choose to commit to something.”
― Pete Davis

“Love is a commitment between two individuals that have resolved in their hearts to pursue it. Though battered through pains of life, tossed in the waves of uncertainties and clinched between the fangs of death, it is anchored deep in the souls that have learned to give sacrificially regards of the prevailing circumstance. It can be free but never cheap nor taken for granted.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Love is a commitment between two individuals that have resolved in their hearts to pursue it at all cost. Though battered through pains of life, tossed in the waves of uncertainties and clinched between the fangs of death, it is anchored deep in the souls that have learned to give sacrificially regardless of the prevailing circumstance. It can be offered freely but never cheap nor taken for granted.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua