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

“One man told me, "On a good day, when things are going well, I am committed to my wife. On a day when things are just okay, I am committed to my marriage. And on a day when thing's aren't so great, I satisfy myself by being committed to my commitment.”
― Shirley P. Glass, Not "Just Friends": Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity

“You never really know. You hope for the best, but when you commit to a marriage, it's always a risk. You can never truly predict what is going to happen when you take two people and tie them together, and blindly throw them out into the great big world.”
― Carola Lovering, Too Good to Be True

“I can only excel for a woman who has embodied her sensuality.”
― Lebo Grand

“Everyone knows that the people in the marriage are the ones responsible for the marriage, everyone except married people...”
― Caroline Kepnes, You Love Me

“Many times in new relationships the restructuring of boundaries can be hard work and requires mature and insightful communication. A common mistake is to assume that boundaries will just figure themselves out; they often do not, and hurt feelings are inevitable. For example, snuggle time with a male friend may evaporate once the woman enters into a committed relationship. Boundaries are usually implicit and understood by the persons in the relationship.”
― Ramani Durvasula, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist

“It’s easy for a man to leave a woman he’s sexually involved with, but no man wants to leave the woman whose sensuality he’s tasted.

You see, there’s something about the latter, she has a way of making him feel like he really matters at a visceral level just by being who she is. He feels at home with her. And that’s why leaving her is a preposterous idea.”
― Lebo Grand

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

“You can’t run away from this fight. You can’t hide. You can’t pretend it’s not happening. You can’t pray it goes away. You can’t close your eyes and ignore it. You can’t bury your head in the sand. You’re in this war whether you like it or not. If you’re a dove, you had better get real and evolve into a retaliator. You need to fight back. You need to stand up for yourself and your cause. You need to stop being lunch. Stop being nice and polite. Your enemies aren’t. Stop being weak and meek. Your enemies aren’t. Stop being humble and respectful of all opinions. Your enemies aren’t. Stop being gentlemanly or ladylike. This is a dirty war. We have all been dragged into the gutters and sewers. You need to fight your way out or drown in shit. Retaliate. Don’t sit there and take it. Stop being a pussy. Become a lion and roar. Let the world hear your voice.”
― Joe Dixon, Take Them to the Morgue

“Many people detest Morgue. His most persistent enemies are conservatives and evangelical Christians. He makes their flesh crawl. He is everything they hate. They are intent on destroying him. They will succeed if his supporters do not do their duty and stand up for him against the trolls and saboteurs. This isn’t a game. This isn’t a drill. This is your life. What are you going to do with it?”
― Joe Dixon, Take Them to the Morgue

“Even if it's not a happy marriage, you don't knock on someone else's heart. Commitment is bigger than comfort.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“If you leave someone when things get scary, it means you’re emotionally unstable and that’s dangerous. You don’t leave the one you love, you stick by their side, through thick and thin. That’s what commitment is.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“The Commitment Sonnet

Once you commit to something,
Better give up life than the commitment.
Once you make a promise,
Better stop breathing than break it.
Once you realize your purpose,
Better be destroyed than forget it.
Once you stand on your conviction,
Better be broken to pieces than lose it.
Submit, submit, o braveheart,
Submit to something bigger than the self.
Wipe out the self if necessary,
Give all to your goal asking no help.
Life has no meaning except self-preservation.
Your destiny is determined by your action.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“Once you commit to something,
Better give up life than the commitment.
Once you make a promise,
Better stop breathing than break it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“How will you differentiate between cold feet and actual fear? What if you misunderstood and then you can’t take a step back?”
― Sarvesh Jain

“When you take a thoughtful decision stick by it. Don’t change with the changing seasons.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“Stop trying to do things to make him happy, it’s not your duty or your responsibility to make anyone happy but you. Love yourself the way you think you should be loved.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“At some point you need to stop jumping the chasm for people who wouldn't jump a pothole for you.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“To make the relationship work, someone has to provide discipline and someone has to provide commitment.”
― Sarvesh Jain

“[R]ight when it's at its hardest, right when you want to give up most, that's when your commitment to the long term is most important. Because unlike you, the people you want to help can't just leave.”
― Severine Autesserre, Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention

“[Right] when it's at its hardest, right when you want to give up most, that's when your commitment to the long term is most important. Because unlike you, the people you want to help can't just leave.”
― Severine Autesserre, The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World

“Too often, we think that godliness means careening around without any real direction, shooting off like a space shuttle with a deficient navigating system. Our lives follow whatever paths the Lord desires, but let’s remember that godliness is closely related to routine, commitment, hard work, and tireless pursuit. The Bible, as we will see, teaches us to invest our lives in certain core institutions and areas. Many of us have missed this; we will profit from recovering this idea.”
― Owen Strachan

“Despite how ominous it might appear; the size of the task will never be bigger than the man who has chosen to be obedient.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Making a commitment and taking action on it is a sure shot way of building your own unique legacy.”
― Hiral Nagda

“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