“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.” IdeasChancePlansCreationIgnoranceDrawsCommitmentCommittedInitiativeProvidenceBoldnessSplendidIncidentsInitiationUnforeseenMoment Of TruthInspirational CommitmentBoldness And CourageIneffectiveness Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.” IfsBelieveHumansRunningBeliefGivenI BelieveChanceRaceHalfReturnOffersOfficeInvestmentCommittedEducatedHuman RaceSoarBetter PlaceEmpoweredPledgeOwn BusinessReturn On Investment Author:Sara Blakely
“With the law books filled with a great assortment of crimes, a prosecutor stands a fair chance of finding at least a technical violation of some act on the part of almost anyone. In such a case, it is not a question of discovering the commission of a crime and then looking for the man who has committed it, it is a question of picking the man and then searching the law books, or putting investigators to work, to pin some offense on him.” MenBookLawPoliticalChanceCasesDemocracyCrimeHe ManFindingsFairsFilledCommittedDiscoveringOffensePinsViolationProsecutorInvestigatorsLaw Books Author:Robert H. Jackson
“I think one of the reasons [Nikolai] Medtner hasn't had a chance is that his music needs very, very committed performances. If you play his works passively, the juice of his music is really not going to be extracted - it's simply not going to come out.” IfsThinkingNeedsReasonPlayChanceMusic IsPerformancesCommittedJuiceChances Are Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin