“The United States has an absolute, uncompromising commitment to Israel's security and an absolute conviction that Israel alone must decide the steps necessary to ensure that security. That is Israel's prerogative. We accept that. We endorse that. Whatever Israel decides cannot, will not, will never, not ever, alter our fundamental commitment to her security.” StatesUnitedAcceptingStepsUnited StatesSecurityCommitmentAbsolutesFundamentalsConvictionIsraelScaryPrerogativeUncompromising Author:Al Gore
“...visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it comes, to accept it. Thus when these inner urges become reality, only then can visions be fulfilled. The spiritual side of life knows everyone's heart and who to trust. How could a vision ever be given to someone to harbor if that person could not be trusted to carry it out. The message is simple: commitment precedes vision.” IfsKnowsHeartMayPersonsDifferentRealitySpiritualSpiritPurposeSpiritualityGivenSidesSimpleAcceptingVisionMessagesCommitmentPreparedUrgesPurpose Of LifeTrustedFulfilledBe PreparedHarborsGreat SpiritWho To Trust Author:Tim McCoy
“Do not accept principal risk while investing short-term cash: the greedy effort to earn a few extra basis points of yield inevitably leads to the incurrence of greater risk, which increases the likelihood of losses and severe illiquidity at precisely the moment when cash is needed to cover expenses, to meet commitments, or to make compelling long-term investments.” LongMomentsTermLossEffortAcceptingGreaterRiskNeededCommitmentBasesIncreaseInvestmentInvestingLong TermExtrasExpensesYieldCashCompellingPrincipalSevereGreedyShort TermLikelihood Author:Seth Klarman
“I am 100 percent on the side of insisting that white people step up to a different level of consciousness and commitment and the great gifts of the West and the great gifts of white culture and white community be used for a better purpose than this nonsense of supporting Trump. I insist on that. I refuse to accept that. I refuse to accept that we are going to give over 60 million people over to this guy.” PeopleGivingDifferentUsedPurposeGuyCultureSidesCommunityWhiteLevelsConsciousnessAcceptingStepsMillionsTrumpPercentCommitmentWestRefuseNonsenseThis GuyStep UpDifferent LevelsInsistingGreat Gifts Author:Van Jones
“I have to believe in the possibility of peace, because the alternative is to accept the inevitability of continual war, and of always living in fear. It doesn't have to be that way. However, there are no simple solutions, and I am not the possessor of a magic formula for peace. All I can say is that for peace to succeed it requires perseverance, patience, humility, compromise, and commitment, from all parties.” BelieveWarSimplePartyAcceptingMagicPossibilityHumilitySucceedSolutionsCommitmentPerseveranceCompromiseInevitability Author:Oscar Arias
“When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.” PeopleCultureAcceptingCommitmentPreservesBrotherhoodLifelongUnity In Diversity Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's gone just about as far as talent or fortune will take him. The dream will not happen, and he now faces the choice of accepting this fact like a grownup and moving on to more sensible pursuits, or refusing the truth and ending up bitter, quarrelsome, and slightly pathetic.” WayInspirationalFeelsYearsFactsFeelingsDreamHappensFacesMovingChoicesActorsRealizingAcceptingGoneImagineTalentParticularCommitmentFortuneAthletePursuitBitterSensiblePatheticGrownupsPersonal LeadershipAudacity Of Hope Author:Barack Obama
“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.” SuccessInterestDifferencesWorkInterestingResultsAcceptingAcceptanceAdventureCommitmentManagementCommittedExcuseCommitConvenientNo ExcusesMentoringCommitment In BusinessInspirational CommitmentNo CommitmentCommitted RelationshipCommitment To Excellence Author:Ken Blanchard
“The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.” InspirationalMotivationalWinningSportsAcceptingPlayerTeamStandardsCommitmentDefeatCoreNflMotivational SportsDedicationVeteranSports PsychologyWinning Team Author:Merlin Olsen
“Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be ever more open to listening and accepting your Word. May they draw from the Eucharist a renewed commitment to spreading in society, by the proclamation of your Gospel, the signs and deeds of an attentive and active charity” MayChristianJesusCommunityAcceptingLordListeningDrawsCommitmentCharityDeedsActiveCompanionSacramentsDwellingEucharistProclamationChristian Community Author:Pope John Paul II
“Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.” MenMeanResponsibilityAcceptingIntegrityCommitmentFundamentalsTruthfulCovenantBeing MeBeing TruthfulAccepting Responsibility Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.” GivingLittlesSelfResponsibilityAcceptingGreaterAwarenessHonorIntegrityPromiseCommitmentMoodLive BySelf ControlKeeping Promises Author:Stephen Covey
“Leadership rests not only on outstanding ability. It also rests on commitment, loyalty and pride. It rests on followers who are ready to accept guidance. Leadership is the ability to direct people and - more important - to have those people accept that direction.” PeopleImportantMotivationalSportsAbilityAcceptingReadyPrideCommitmentDirectLoyaltyGuidanceFollowersOutstanding Book:What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership Source: What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership
“Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.” WorldMatterScienceCausesAcceptingDoorsFeetAcceptanceProduceDivineMaterialsEvolutionCreatingConceptsCommitmentAbsolutesMethodInstitutionsContraryExplanationBiologyMaterialismInvestigationCompellingIntuitivePhenomenalNaturalismAdherenceAnti ReligionCreation ScienceCreation And Evolution Author:Richard Lewontin
“Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into their lives than any of the alternatives. Europeans accept democracy because they no longer believe in politics. It is for this reason that we find both high levels of support for democracy in cross-national opinion polls and high rates of political apathy.” BelieveReasonTodayPoliticalLevelsAcceptingOpinionSupportDemocracyCommitmentCapitalismCrossesRateSuitsAlternativesTriumphApathyPollsHigh LevelIntrusionOpinion Polls Author:Mark Mazower
“Greatness as a leader is measured in part by your willingness to accept daunting challenges. Achieving tough goals requires practicing the secret of commitment: Risk all to win all.” WinningGoalChallengesSecretLeaderAcceptingRiskAchieveGreatnessCommitmentToughWillingness Author:Toyotomi Hideyoshi
“Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.” PeopleAcceptingCommitmentStressManagementTime Management Author:David Allen