Quotes about Commitment
In every generation, the world is changed by a few people, who stand for something, do not fear unpopularity and dare to make a difference.
- Nicky Gumbel
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
- George Eliot
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
- George Eliot
Many people are afraid to embrace religion, for fear they shall not succeed in maintaining it.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshippers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.
- Brother Lawrence
It is better to lose your life than to waste it.
- John Piper
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.
- Psalm 119:109
Whatever you are, be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln
I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter...
- Vincent Van Gogh
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
- Maya Angelou