Quotes about Commitment

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.

lack of discipline, focus, purpose.

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

The Lord wants much more from His people than for them to be His workforce. He longs to have relationship with those who love Him and to partner with them in accomplishing His purposes.

I really like the heart of Mary of Bethany. She was not an apostle. She was never famous, never wrote a book, never did a conference and never said much. Her passionate love was in secret—she just loved the Lord ferociously in secret.

Prayer is far more boring and difficult if we seek to live one part of our lives as if it belonged to God and another part as if it belonged to us.

It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it. We must fight for our prayer lives because they will not develop on their own.

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the King and keep it.1 —CORRIE TEN BOOM

The Lord calls each one of His children, no matter what his occupation—lawyer, doctor, maintenance man, carpenter, accountant, athlete, musician, teacher, homeschooling mom, and so on—to have a real prayer life.

Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one's life.

It is not enough to desire to pray; we must resolutely stay with it.

No amount of money or ideas can replace the value of being physically present, giving time and attention to people or projects.