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“One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.”

Seems Quality Leader Development Achievement Commitment Areas Ongoing Achiever Professional Development Qualities Of A Leader

Author:Brian Tracy

“I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that's where my loyalty should be forever. I want to be an "employee" on the company data base. I won't engineer, I'd rather be basically retired, due to my family. (talking about his relationship with Apple Inc)”

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Author:Steve Wozniak

“It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.”

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Author:Ralph Ellison

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.”

“Commitment doesn't mean that it has to last forever, but while you are there, commit yourself 100%. By doing this, the quality of your life improves 100%.”

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Author:Susan Jeffers

“Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of active commitment of one's talents to some cause, outside the self, such as the quest for beauty, truth, or justice.”

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Author:Sidney Jourard

“Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally, when we think of the highest thing. . . . Another way to look at it is that the aim of the person is not to be detached, but to be more attached-to be attached to working; to be attached to making chairs or something that helps everyone; to be attached to beauty; to be attached to music.”

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Author:Robert Bly

“Commitment creates a powerful radiant energy that activates all sorts of "miracles" within and around you.”

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Author:Susan Jeffers

“Commitment is a line you must cross. . . . it is the difference between dreaming and doing.”

Dream Motivational Differences Lines Commitment Crosses Dreaming And Doing

Author:Bernie Fuchs

“A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.”

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Author:Tom Flores

“Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." Stephen Covey "It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.”

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Author:Ralph Ellison

“A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.”

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Author:Thomas Carlyle

“The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.”

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Book:Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words

Source: Great destiny: sixty years of the memorable events in the life of the man of the century recounted in his own incomparable words

“Believe in something big. Your life is worth a noble motive.”

Believe Bigs Motivational Life Is Goal Commitment Noble Motive Aspiration

Author:Walter Inglis Anderson

“As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.”

Fire Honesty Commitment Gold Adversity Yellow

Author:Ovid

“The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only be attained through Hours and Hours of hard work perfecting your talent as a craft. Which is why Talent will fail you without skill.”

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Author:Will Smith

“If you voluntarily quit in the face of adversity, you'll wonder about it for the rest of your life.”

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Author:William J. Clinton

“Man can change his destiny-not by wishing for it, but by working for it.”

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Author:Chinmayananda Saraswati

“May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, and dedicated leadership... Leaders of sound integrity. Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the greatness of the cause.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The age of leaders has come and gone. You must be your own leader now. You must contain the spirit of our time in your own life and your own nature. You must really explore, as you've never explored before, what human nature is like.”

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Author:Laurens van der Post

“Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to you so as to enable you to surmount all obstacles.”

Love You Holy Calling Commitment Obstacles Generous Impart Generous Love

Author:Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

“I believe in clear-cut positions. I think that the most arrogant position is this apparent, multidisciplinary modesty of "what I am saying now is not unconditional, it is just a hypothesis," and so on. It really is a most arrogant position. I think that the only way to be honest and expose yourself to criticism is to state clearly and dogmatically where you are. You must take the risk and have a position.”

“When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.”

Honesty Commitment Appetite Input Output Honest Person Inspirational Commitment

Author:A. R. Rahman

“I've never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.”

Heard Sitting Commitment Persistence Persist Sitting Down Stumbling Motivational Keep Going Least Expecting

Author:Charles Kettering

“You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.”

Firsts Matter Games Winning Chance Commitment Enthusiasm Wrestling What Matters Enthusiastic Involvement

Author:John Brodie

“There is no doubt that man is a competitive animal and there is no place where this fact is more obvious than in the ring. There is no second place. Either you win or you lose. When they call you a champion, it's because you don't lose. To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body.”

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Author:Rocky Marciano

“The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.”

“Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of it a brotherhood. We must all learn to live together as brothers-or we will all perish together as fools.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.”

Needs Commitment Foundation Edifice

Book:The The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two

Source: The The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two

“Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can always be assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle; he defeated the battle of not trying.”

Trying Important Dream Motivational Failing Failure Battle Commitment Commit Defeated Assured

Author:Robert H. Schuller

“Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.”

Men World Way Heart Made Behinds Attitude Commitment Determination

Book:Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century

Source: Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century

“Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.”

Men Whole Commitment Weight Winner Champion Resolve Fling

Book:An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front (Wisdom & Empowerment Series): How to Achieve Self-Reliance Which Leads to Vigorous Self-Faith, Personal Growth & Success

Source: An Iron Will, He Can Who Thinks He Can & Pushing To The Front (Wisdom & Empowerment Series): How to Achieve Self-Reliance Which Leads to Vigorous Self-Faith, Personal Growth & Success

“Invest in everything, attach to nothing.”

Author:Rhonda Britten

“He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.”

Ifs Commitment Interesting Characters

Book:Works of Charles Dickens

Source: Works of Charles Dickens

“Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something which absorbs him - which may be regarded by others as being useless - yet it is his dream, it is his lodestar, it is his master. That, whatever it is, seized upon me, made me its servant, slave - induced me to set aside the other ambitions a trail of glory in the heavens, which I followed, followed with a full heart. ...When once I am convinced, I never let go.”

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Author:Walt Whitman

“When your commitment is to be loving regardless of the circumstances, there is no room for harsh words. You assert yourself not from a desire to control but from a desire to stand for who you are.”

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Author:Rhonda Britten

“I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.”

Thinking Results Beats Commitment Determination Remembered Odds Pests

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“All promise outruns performance.”

Promise Commitment Performances Outrun

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.”

May Turns Enemy Fit Promise Commitment Performances Broken Promises Breaking Promises Keeping Promises Kept Promises

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here”

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Author:Tom Lehrer

“The most prepared are the most dedicated.”

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Author:Raymond Berry

“It's always something that's going to be a part of me. It's the reason why I work so hard each and every day. It's the reason I come to work dedicated to become the best that I can be. Nothing's going to come easy in life, and I've learned a lot of lessons, some the hard way, and I think just the things that I've been through have helped mold me into the person I am and what (is in) my future and that's continuing to do things the right way.”

“I expect big things from myself but as long as I can keep the commitment and dedication and put the hard work in, I don't see why there's any reason not to handle it OK.”

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Author:Rory McIlroy

“Always have a plan and believe in it. I tell my coaches not to compromise. Nothing good happens by accident.”

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Author:Chuck Knox

“I've had moments where I didn't hit the ball very good coming in, and you've got to turn it around. That's the whole idea of practicing and really working on being focused on what I'm doing and being committed to what I'm doing. I know what the fix is and I've proven it to myself, and it's just a matter of going out there and executing it consistently over 72 holes.”

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Author:Tiger Woods

“Commitment hangs on when all else has fallen.”

Commitment Fallen

Author:Wes Fesler

“Commitment is taking the first step, even if it means falling the rest of the way down.”

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Author:Wes Fesler

“Commitment achieves today what yesterday was impossible.”

Today Impossible Achieve Commitment Yesterday

Author:Wes Fesler

“A family ship will never sink until it is abandoned by its crew.”

Commitment Ships Abandoned Crew

Author:Wes Fesler

“Many people have told me that I should quit, but I have not yet finished proving them wrong.”

People Should Prove Commitment Finished Quitting

Author:Wes Fesler