Commitment Quotes

“We have to find a way to think--
think things through--
think beyond--
go wide--
go deep--
together.
One to One and All to All we must
Connect
Affect
Compromise
Find a way forward
together--
or I truly believe
we've lost all hope.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Trying to think.
Thinking beyond.
Going wide...
Going deep...
Going away, doing something else...
Coming back,
thinking more.”
― Shellen Lubin

“What would it mean to
overcome oppression?
What would it mean for our society to
have that kind of transformation?...

What awareness?
What daring?
To get people to see
that no one is really thriving
if others are laid waste?...

What would it mean?
What would it take?”
― Shellen Lubin

“Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental undertakings are not the only ways to show dedication. In a 2018 talk on solo polyamory at the Boulder Non-Monogamy Talk series, Kim Keane offered the following ways that people practicing nonmonogamy can demonstrate commitment to their partners:
- Sharing intimate details (hopes, dreams, fears) and being vulnerable with each other.
- Introducing partners to people who are important to you.
- Helping your partners with moving, packing, homework, job hunting, shopping, etc.
- Having regular time together, both mundane and novel.
- Making the person a priority. (I suggest defining what 'being a priority' means to each of you.)
- Planning trips together.
- Being available to partners when they are sick or in need.
- Collaborating on projects together.
- Having frequent communication.
- Offering physical, logistical or emotional support (e.g. at doctor's appointments or hospital visits or by helping with your partners' family, pets, car, children, taxes, etc.).”
― Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

“Don't let circumstances determine your comittment level. Worthy comittments are prioritized regardless of circumstance.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Establishing a company from scratch can be challenging. It requires 100% commitment. However, your priorities will demonstrate your true commitment. Without commitment, it is impossible to achieve success in anything, whether it be business or relationships.”
― Abhysheq Shukla, Crosspaths Multitude to Success

“It takes confidence in self to make a commitment, and character to stand by your commitment.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“If a commitment is important enough to make, it’s important enough to keep. Period!”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful 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 well-being of the relationship. We honour the other person’s value and the relationship’s worth.
”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“Acting on your decision is your expression of commitment.”
― Layton

“Can I bring you some of my sourdough starter. Would you like that?" Hattie raised an eyebrow at me. "I don't know," I said. "It is quite a commitment. I had some before and I didn't look after it. It died and I felt terrible".”
― Sally Andrew, The Milk Tart Murders

“The length of my stride will always be far less important than the direction in which I am walking.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Triumph is not having achieved. Triumph is being determined to achieve.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If it is not kept, it was never a commitment..”
― Ramesh Sood www.simplysood.com #simplysood

“If it's not kept, it was never a commitment.”
― Ramesh Sood

“The degree of my commitment to a cause will not be in direct proportion to the degree that ‘I am willing’ to sacrifice for it. Rather, it will be in direct proportion to the degree that ‘I am sacrificing’ for it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Many good opportunities are ruined for the dream of slightly better ones.

Would you have a more successful career if you had taken that other job or moved cities? Possibly. But your actual career will definitely suffer if you don't commit to doing it to the best of your ability.

Would you be 10% happier in a different relationship? Maybe. Maybe not. But you'll definitely be unhappy in the one you have if you spend all day thinking about what else is out there.

The surefire way to end up worse off is to agonize over unchosen options and fail to make the most of the one you selected. Every minute spent yearning for your unlived lives is a moment you can't invest in the one you actually have.

Choices matter, but so does your level of commitment.”
― James Clear

“Confidence in self gives conviction to make a commitment, and completing it requires character.”
― Sandeep Sahajpal, The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

“Wisdom is not lofty. Instead, it is simply the dogged determination to apply what we know despite the fact that we may not like what we know.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Wedding vows, in any culture or language, speak of being together in sickness and in health. There is an assumption that you will receive love and thrive in the constant presence and support of the person with whom you are joined together in matrimony, no matter the weather or circumstance. By committing to spending your life together, you are promising one thing: to be around.”
― Ranjani Rao, Rewriting My Happily Ever After - A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“Do whatever it takes. Give whatever you can. With full commitment, you can live well with yourself, regardless of the results.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Healthy Thinking Habits: Seven Attitude Skills Simplified

“People are way too quick to make commitments and too quick to abandon them.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“If you wish to be strengthen, your heart must be fully committed to Sovereign LORD.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Capitalize your reality, it's another's dream.”
― Mohammed Haji Ibraheem

“If you can’t keep a promise, don’t make it.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“What a mundane revelation, that there should be certain courtesies extended to your partner out of consideration or as a simple gesture of commitment. 271”
― Melissa Febos, Whip Smart: A Memoir

“If it’s important enough to make a promise, it should be important enough to keep it.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“Endurance is the key that we need in the journey to Christ-likeness. It is the test of our discipline, commitment and integrity. Endurance involves our mind and heart, or the way we react to hardships. Endurance manifests courage, steadfastness, and patience.”
― Prasanth Jonathan

“Are you a serious player, or just someone larking and larping around, and trying on different dresses as you eat your vegan pseudo-burgers – the meat without the meat, the thing without the thing? Citizens, do you want the revolution without the revolution? Well?”
― David Sinclair, Without the Mob, There Is No Circus

“Many times we are committed to the process but not the person to whom we would like to see the results. It is always ending up becoming mechanical and too robotic.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua