Commitment Quotes

“Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It’s kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.”
― Robert Crumb

“The truth is our election system is flawed. But it will only be improved if we trust it enough to use it to elect people committed to fixing it.”
― Pete Buttigieg, Trust: America's Best Chance

“Understanding your motivation for a decision helps you stay committed to it.”
― Brant Menswar, Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You

“Commit fully to your sacred cause. Do not hesitate. Do not draw back. Be bold, be powerful. Do not delay. Start now.”
― Thomas Stark, Extra Scientiam Nulla Salus: How Science Undermines Reason

“Looking from a distance, we find something attractive and excitedly commit to it. When we come near, we find it unbearable. Then we have to continue with it because we have already committed to it.

Everything in Maya (Time-Space) is like that. You current status in life is something your younger self would find very attractive. It looked exciting from the distance of Time. Now it’s not.”
― Shunya

“There’s no point in waiting for Godot. He never arrives. That’s the whole point. In Dante’s Limbo, the Ignavi are always waiting. Their crime in life was that they preferred to wait until everything was decided rather than commit themselves to a cause when its prospects were uncertain, and now they are condemned to wait forever in the vestibule of hell. Anyone can jump on a bandwagon. The heroes are those who got involved long before the bandwagon arrived. You have to find a cause and commit yourself fully. That’s the first step in giving meaning to your life”
― Adam Weishaupt, Inside-Dopesters and Conspiracy Theories

“When you decide you will help others then commit to it with no prior cause”
― Chinmai Swamy

“Everyone wants to get to the top but not everyone is willing to walk uphill.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“We shall persevere because we must.”
― C.A.A. Savastano

“Successful innovation requires commitment, consistency, and collaboration”
― Monique Beedles, What The Hell Do We Do Now?: An enterprise guide to COVID-19 and beyond

“It is not what we pretend to love, but what we really love, that makes a way for us.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“If you give your word to someone, keep it.”
― RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 2001

“Life is filled with challenges and interruptions. We live in a world that is full of excuses and personal responsibility is in short supply. The projector has for a while now replaced the tried and true mirror for being true to ourselves as we serve the business community. Refuse to let your limits from others be your legacy for yourself. Do not let others dictate how much you are going to make or how successful you are becoming. They don’t own you nor have they made the commitment to provide for you.”
― Chris J. Gregas

“In Dante’s Limbo, the Ignavi are always waiting. Their crime in life was that they preferred to wait until everything was decided rather than commit themselves to a cause when its prospects were uncertain, and now they are condemned to wait forever in the vestibule of hell. Anyone can jump on a bandwagon. The heroes are those who got involved long before the bandwagon arrived. You have to find a cause and commit yourself fully. That’s the first step in giving meaning to your life.”
― Michael Faust, The Right-Brain God

“It's rare for someone to make the kind of commitment you made, and I think your willingness to take on the challenge may make you different.”
― Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

“So you only want to go all in if you're guaranteed a win ?"
"Well . . . yeah. Is that wrong?
"It's not wrong, honey. It's just stupid. ”
― Gene Luen Yang

“To do something right, it has to be all or nothing. And so Kate chose to stop fantasizing and give it her all. She chose to be all in.”
― Dani J. Norwell, Fairly Familiar: A Collection of Short Stories

“The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.

I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.

I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.

The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.”
― Marge Piercy, Circles on the Water: Selected Poems

“Without action, commitment, and risk, powering our potential stops at theory, hope, and aspiration. That’s fine for spectators and dreamers, but not for athletes, leaders, movers, shakers, and those who actively manifest their own destinies.”
― Tabitha A. Scott

“Ladies, I beg of you, stop acting like a girlfriend before he's earned it. Stop being his shoulder to cry on, his nurse, his bedmate, while waiting for him to make up his mind. Why should he? You're giving him all the perks of a relationship with zero commitment required. if he's okay with that to begin with, he's not about to change it.”
― Jennifer DeLucy

“Our choices determine our commitment.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Mungkin itu salah satu alasan kenapa saya tidak pernah mau serius berkomitmen. Kompromi di pekerjaan bisa dihitung harganya. Tapi, untuk urusan hati, saya pikir siapapun setuju harganya tidak ternilai.”
― Dee Lestari, Supernova: Ksatria, Puteri, dan Bintang Jatuh

“Most times, the content you need doesn't come from where you expect it to come from. That's the importance deep beyond superficial engagement.”
― Adeyemi Taiwo Eunice

“Commitment, dedication and perseverance are a few of the keys to success”
― Charmaine J. Forde

“Your Black Sheep Values inform your purpose, and your purpose fuels your commitment to action.”
― Brant Menswar, Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You

“Don’t be one of the dreary souls. Don’t be one of the lukewarm. Don’t be neutral. Don’t be non-committal. Plunge in, all the way. Don’t live like the Ignavi, without blame or without praise. Do something. Make a mark. Don’t join the cowardly choir. Don’t let heaven and hell alike shut their door in your face because you are fit for neither. How pathetic must you be if even the depths of hell disdain to receive you?”
― Thomas Stark, Base Reality: Ultimate Existence

“Serving a cause means immersing yourself in it. It’s what you have chosen to devote yourself to. It’s not a hobby, a distraction, an amusement, a diversion, a way of passing your time. It’s your actual identity ... the one you have consciously and deliberately chosen for yourself, in exclusion of all others. It hasn’t been chosen by your parents for you, or by your friends for you, or by your community for you. You, no one else, has made the commitment. It’s your choice, your decision. It reflects your worldview, your chosen idea of how to lead your life. Your sacred cause is the meaning of your life, so you had better get it right.”
― Brother Spartacus, The Citizen Army

“Laziness and average are not the pedigree of an overcoming business specialist. You will be counting pennies for a long time as long as you are interested in BIG before you put great effort into SMALL, but MEANINGFUL steps. Make it your aim today to be a “champion” in the making. You are not going to be hoisted up on the podium this afternoon, but inch by inch, small but meaningful decision multiplied will get you to where you want to be and beyond. Don’t you dare despise small beginnings.”
― Chris J. Gregas

“Are you capable of being part of a small group that can change the world? Most people could never rise to the challenge. They are the Ignavi – those who will follow any banner placed in front of them – and the Last Men – those who survive by placing petty self-interest above all other things and know how to ensure they will be the last men standing. Their names will never be remembered. You don’t have to be a member of the Illuminati to make a difference. The changing of the world belongs to everyone. Leaders are self-defining, self-creating, self-starting. They take an idea and they run with it. They inspire others. They don’t need anyone else’s approval, assistance or permission. Above all, they lead. Can you?”
― Adam Weishaupt, The Illuminati

“Commitment is making an agreement with yourself in private and then keeping it in public.”
― Shara Hutchinson