“It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.” ShouldPersonsAbleBeliefCoupleGayProtectCommitmentLifetimeLifetime Commitment Author:Mark Udall
“Using SROI to explore the value of our online question and answer service, askTheSite, helped us develop new mechanisms for speaking to young people and gain a real insight into the impact of our work. The project enabled us to demonstrate YouthNets commitment to robust impact measurement as well as our commercial approach to project evaluation. Perhaps most importantly, being able to assign a monetary value to askTheSite has enabled YouthNet to convey to current and potential funders how valuable the service is for both young people and the wider society in a language that they understand” PeopleWellsRealAbleYoungValuesLanguageAnswersProjectsApproachCommitmentGainsImpactCurrentsValuableInsightOnlineMechanismMeasurementMonetaryRobustEvaluationQuestions And AnswersMonetary Value Author:Sarah McCoy
“I have way too many commitments. I get pulled in too many directions and I never seem to be able to satisfy anybody. People get turned on by knowing a celebrity, even my friends and family. They feel that there's something exciting about me, but in reality there's no substance to it. People in airports just hold on to me expecting something and it seems that I always come up empty. It's frustrating because I'm trying to please everybody, and ya just can't do that ... at least I can't.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingI CanRealitySeemsAbleKnowingPleaseMy FriendsCommitmentEmptyExcitingCome UpSubstanceExpectingFamily And FriendsFrustratingAirportsExpecting Something Author:Tim Allen
“Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.” Has BeensCountryAbleFormGrowthInterestResultsCommitmentInvestmentRateStartingReformKoreaPhilippinesInterest RateThailand Author:Lawrence Summers
“In order to be able to make and keep commitments... to enduring, intimate relationships... you need to be a certain kind of person. You need to be a powerful person. Powerful people take responsibility for their lives and choices. Powerful people choose who they want to be with, what they are going to pursue in life, and how they are going to go after it.” PeopleWantNeedsKindPersonsAbleCertainOrderChoicesPowerfulResponsibilityCommitmentEndurePursueIntimateTaking ResponsibilityIntimate RelationshipsLife And ChoicesPowerful Person Author:Danny Silk
“Voice work is usually not that big of a time commitment. You can go in for a couple of days or a couple of months, here and there, and just go in and play. I like being able to do that. You don't have that luxury on film sets or television sets.” PlayBigsAbleFilmVoiceTelevisionMonthsCoupleCommitmentLuxuryHere And ThereFilm Set Author:James Marsden
“Life must always go on and Yoga is not about an escape from life. Yoga's about a way of dealing with life more effectively; to be able to involve oneself with one's family, one's friends, one's social commitments, one's job and yet at the same time maintain one's centre.” WayAbleJobsSocialGoes OnYogaCommitmentOneselfCentreDealing With Life Author:Paul Harvey
“There's a floating distraction in the contemporary world, life at a distance enabled by technology. I want people to commit at the level of their subjectivity. The idea of subjective commitment is at the core of ethics, something that divides the self from itself. I become an ethical self. I cannot meet that ideal, I cannot fulfill it, it divides me from myself and it makes me strive harder. This ideal subjective ethical drive is at the heart of an absolutely earnest, radical politics that insists that people will be able to engage with each other, and they're lifted from irony at that point.” PeopleWorldWantHeartIdeasSelfAbleLevelsTechnologyEthicsCommitmentIdealsHarderDistanceStriveCoreCommitContemporaryRadicalIronyEthicalDividesDistractionFloatingEarnestSubjectiveSubjectivityWorld Life Author:Simon Critchley
“The only kind of work which permits an able woman to realize her abilities fully, to achieve identity in society in a life plan that can encompass marriage and motherhood, is the kind that was forbidden by the feminine mystique, the lifelong commitment to an art or science, to politics or profession. If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.” IfsKindArtAbleSexRealizingAbilityRolesPlansAchieveMovementIdentityThousandPercentCommitmentBlameDivorceMotherhoodProfessionFemininePermitForbiddenLifelongObsoleteMystiqueFeminine Mystique Author:Betty Friedan
“Over commitment in business is usually due to a lack of faith, which results in fear - specifically, the fear of failure. But if we really believe God is in control, then we also should believe He's able to make us successful while we are keeping our lives in balance.” IfsShouldBelieveAbleResultsSuccessfulOur LivesBalanceCommitmentDuesBelieve In GodFear Of FailureGod Is In ControlLack Of FaithCommitment In Business Author:Larry Burkett
“Coming from a background as unique as mine, the first challenge is being able to identify chaos as chaos. For the first half of my life, I interpreted chaos as normal. Today, I am aware that I have triggers: a default way of thinking that is often not relative to the immediate moment. Therefore, in the midst of chaos, I have learned to relinquish all my premature cognitive commitments and become present.” ThinkingWayFirstsMomentsTodayAbleChallengesHalfMinesNormalUniqueCommitmentChaosBackgroundsMidstRelativeI Have LearnedTriggersWay Of ThinkingDefaultCognitivePremature Author:Romany Malco
“The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in it you find the signs of his commitments, and of the whole way of writing as well. This mixture of austerity and sensuality, the will to speak for those not able to speak for themselves.” MenWayWritingFirstsWellsWholeFactsAbleLastsCertainSpeakCommitmentSensualityMixturesAusterityPosthumous Author:Catherine Camus
“My marriage is my marriage, and it means I'm able to share in the same aspirations of commitment and love and support and dedication and connectedness, and that my parents are able to dance at our wedding and that our family and friends are able to support and celebrate and hold us accountable for the commitment we've made to one another. That takes nothing away from anyone else.” MeanMadeAbleParentSupportShareCommitmentAnd LoveCelebrateOur FamilyAspirationDedicationFamily And FriendsConnectednessOur WeddingLove And Commitment Author:Evan Wolfson
“Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most.” GovernmentAbleUnitedCitiesSeaNeededCommitmentDuesOilLondonKingdomsUnited KingdomWestminsterCity Of LondonNorth Sea Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.” PeopleAbleMovingGivenSocialViewsCitiesEconomicCommitmentTownsPoint Of ViewBeneficialHomeownership Author:James Surowiecki
“I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.” PeopleTryingFirstsMeanMadeDoneAbleJobsInspireCommitmentWhatever It TakesInspire OthersGet The Job Done Author:James Cameron
“Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.” IfsShouldPersonsProblemAbleCommitmentJealousyJealousy Envy Author:Aaron Carter
“I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.” HumansStillsStatesAbleUsedPresidentUnitedQualityUnited StatesDemocracyRightsInfluenceCommitmentEnvironmentalHuman RightsMemorablePrestigeEnvironmental Quality Author:Jimmy Carter
“I was overwhelmed. He understood me so well, how nervous I was about making this commitment, how frightening it was for me to become a princess. He was going to give me every last second he could and, in the meantime, lavish me with everything possible. I had another one of those moments when I couldn't believe this was all happening. "That's not fair, Maxon," I mumbled. "What in the world am I supposed to be able to give you?" He smiled. "All I want is your promise to stay with me, to be mine. Sometimes it feels like you can't possibly be real. Promise me you'll stay." "Of course, I promise.” WorldWantGivingFeelsBelieveWellsRealSometimesMomentsAbleLastsCoursesMinesLike YouPromiseHappeningsUnderstoodCommitmentFairsGive MeNervousSupposed To BeBeing RealPrincessFrighteningOverwhelmedI PromiseNot FairStay With MePromise Me Author:Kiera Cass
“I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.” WellsMatterAbleWantedOpportunityVisionCommitmentNo Matter WhatCommitted Author:Magic Johnson
“Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest of creation, it's unlikely we'll be able to overcome the status quo.” AbleJusticePovertyGenerationsCreationUnderstoodCommitmentOvercomingStatus QuoUnlikelyUnborn Book:Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community Source: Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook for Taking Action in Your Community
“Once you're in the game and it's a part of your life, you never want to leave it. But you have to be committed to be able to travel and do the things you need to do to be successful in whatever role you're doing.” WantNeedsAbleGamesRolesSuccessfulTravelCommitmentCommittedBeing SuccessfulFunny TravelSports Psychology Author:Joe Sakic
“Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Christians to transform themselves into 'witnesses,' ready and able to shoulder the commitment of testifying - always and to everyone - to the hope that animates them.” WellsMadeAbleChristianOrderEffortOur LivesReadyCommitmentShouldersWitnessGreat EffortTestifying Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.” WorldWayKindMadeStatesAbleWantedYoungOpportunityDifferencesUnitedLeaderUnited StatesGenerationsTeachingFieldsStudentsGratitudeMembersCommitmentRemainsUniversityEnormousMade ItAround The WorldGenerosityFacultyPhilanthropyDelightedTangibleHong KongDonorsPrincetonYoung StudentsFaculty Members Author:Gordon Wu
“As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.” AbleCommitmentLawyerComponentsCorrespondingIncarceration Author:Matt Gonzalez
“I don't have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It's weird not to be able to decide. I don't know if I could stand that kind of commitment, or if I am really honest, I don't think that I could handle being that vulnerable to someone else.” IfsThinkingKnowsKindChildrenAbleWantedHonestCommitmentHandleVulnerableNot SureIf I CouldChildlessness Author:Margaret Cho