"A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things."
— Barack Obama

"If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation."
— Madeleine L'Engle

"There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen."
— Wayne W. Dyer

"'Do you write novels?' I said.
'Novels, Lord no,' she said. 'I can't even stay married.'"
— Pam Houston (Waltzing the Cat)

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love. Wouldn't that be the way to make love stay?"
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— Tom Robbins

""What is love? Love is not a warm feeling. John 3:16 says, 'for God so loved the world that He gae His only begotten son...' I seriously doubt Jesus had any warm feeling as he was being beaten, spit upon, and mocked on his way to the cross. Love is not a feeling. It is COMMITMENT.""
— Bro. Shawn Thomas (Pastor FBC Moss Bluff, LA)

"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.
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— Kenneth H. Blanchard

"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 one-self, 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 and 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."
— J.W. von Goethe

"The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.”"
— Oliver DeMille

"I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you—which is a great comfort—are, in this respect, much the same as I am."
— Wilkie Collins (The Moonstone)

"When you start to care, you can't stop. But the more you care, the more it burdens you. And you start asking yourself: is it even worth it?"
— Ahmed Al-Omran

"Twenty-five years ago I made my vow to love you and to live with you wherever you went," she whispered. "Since you're bound to go, I'd best keep my promise."
— Marsha Ward (The Man from Shenandoah)

"Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is acceptance of who each partner is, rather than a shallow idealization. There is a genuine commitment to the relationship beyond the immediate. You each act as though you are in a real partnership that will last."
— Dory Hollander (101 Lies Men Tell Women -- And Why Women Believe Them)

"Commitment and involvement are like eggs and bacon, the chicken was involved, and the pig was commited."
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