“America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.” PeopleHas BeensSelfAmericaCertainFreedomMoralGreatnessCommitmentDestructiveSelf Destructive Author:John W. Gardner
“With Lenin it was always a substantial commitment. I always have a certain admiration for people who are aware that somebody has to do the job. What I hate about these liberal, pseudo-left, beautiful soul academics is that they are doing what they are doing fully aware that somebody else will do the job for them.” PeopleSoulJobsBeautifulCertainHateLeftCommitmentI HateAdmirationPseudoBeautiful Soul Author:Slavoj Žižek
“Did you ever notice how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing characteristic, for a certain style, or some commitment to life - while someone with many good qualities is insupportable for a single defect if it happens to be a boring one?” IfsPersonsHappensCertainEasyNumbersQualityStyleCommitmentForgivingFaultsBoringCharacteristicsBoresDefectsGood QualityEndearing Book:The Evening of the Holiday: A Novel Source: The Evening of the Holiday: A Novel
“Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.” GivingTryingLittlesDoeSaidPlayFacesCertainJesusSinPracticeFailingWillingHabitInvolvedGiving UpCommitmentHonestlyHolinessDiscipleNot Giving UpLuke Book:The Pursuit of Holiness Source: The Pursuit of Holiness
“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
“Even with a margin of safety in the investor's favor, an individual security may work out badly. For the margin guarantees only that he has a better chance for profit than for loss - not that loss is impossible. But as the number of such commitments is increased the more certain does it become that the aggregate of the profits will exceed the aggregate of the losses.” MayDoeCertainIndividualChanceLossNumbersImpossibleSecurityCommitmentSafetyInvestingProfitWork OutFavorsGuaranteesInvestorsExceedMargins Author:Benjamin Graham
“Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.” PeopleGivingCountryHelpingCertainPrinciplesAirCommitmentHelping PeopleBankruptcyFresh Start Author:Tim Johnson
“The best way to make a sale is to ask for ask for a date of beginning, or some type of commitment to move forward after you are certain you have removed all the risks, and all the barriers, from your prospect's buying process.” WayMovingCertainAsksProcessRiskTypeCommitmentBest WayMoving ForwardBuyingBarriers Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.” ThinkingSometimesShowsJobsCertainCan DoLevelsActingCommitment Author:Katee Sackhoff
“Marriage and parenting are the two strongest vows anyone will ever make. When you see these commitments being carelessly discarded, you can be certain that the ethics of that generation have been abandoned. ... What our society needs is a good dose of biblical ethic from God's people - the kind of ethic that requires us to keep our word no matter what the costs. Situational ethics have so shaped our society that even God's people have lost the concept of absolutes when it comes to keeping our word.” PeopleNeedsKindHas BeensTwoMatterCertainLostGenerationsCostEthicsConceptsCommitmentAbsolutesNo Matter WhatOur SocietyStrongestAbandonedBiblicalVowDoseOur WordsDiscarded Author:Larry Burkett
“There are different interpretations of the problem of universals. I understand it as the problem of giving the truthmakers of propositions to the effect that a certain particular is such and such, e.g. propositions like 'this rose is red'. Others have interpreted it as a problem about the ontological commitments of such propositions or a problem about what those propositions mean.” GivingMeanDifferentProblemCertainEffectsParticularCommitmentRedRoseInterpretationPropositionsDifferent InterpretationsRoses Are Red Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.” MeanPersonsCertainPrayerPrayingCommitmentOperations Author:E. Stanley Jones
“Nobody was talking about illegal immigration when Donald Trump entered this campaign. He was attacked from day one for putting the whole issue of the violence that is derived from certain individuals that come into this country illegally on the table. . . He is hearing from all sides. But I promise you, he is a decisive leader. He will stand on the principles that have underpinned his commitment to end illegal immigration in this country. And that's what people will learn more about in the days ahead.” PeopleEndsCountryWholeCertainIndividualSidesTalkingLeaderPrinciplesIssuesViolenceTrumpPromiseCommitmentTablesHearingCampaignsImmigrationIllegalI PromiseIllegal Immigration Author:Mike Pence
“I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion.” ThinkingImportantIdeasDoneCertainPassionAchieveStageParticularAmbitionCommitmentWho You AreChasingNotoriety Author:Barack Obama
“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
“Whether or not the working class came to Chicago in 1969 in the Days of Rage is not a measure of their commitment to stopping the war or to seeing life in certain way. There were very few of us who were there, and those of us that were had an illusion about ourselves.” WayWarCertainClassSeeingIllusionCommitmentRageChicagoWorking ClassStopping Author:Bill Ayers
“love wasn't possible in just a couple of days. Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into something strong and enduring. Love was, above all, about commitment and dedication and a belief that spending years with a certain person would create something greater than the sum of what the two can accomplish separately.” YearsPersonsTwoCertainBeliefStrongGrowsGreaterCoupleNeededCommitmentEndureAccomplishSpendingDedicationEnduring Love Author:Nicholas Sparks
“God wants us to be stronger than we are--more fixed in our purpose, more certain of our commitments, eventually needing less coddling from Him, showing more willingness to shoulder some of the burden of His heavy load. In short, He wants us to be more like He is and, if you haven't noticed, some of us are not like that yet.” IfsWantPurposeCertainHavensCommitmentStrongerBurdenHeavyShouldersFixedWillingnessLoadHeavy Loads Author:Jeffrey R. Holland
“The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.” PurposeCertainEnergyDifferencesVictoryCommitmentDeterminationFixedSelf DeterminationWillpowerInsignificantInvincibleDetermination And SuccessWill And DeterminationDetermination MotivationalDetermination PerseverancePerseverance And DeterminationGreat DeterminationMotivation And Determination Author:Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet
“In short, there are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on justice, not on injustice; on public tranquility, not on violence; on freedom, not on enslavement.” WorldWayHumansImportantTruthCertainSocialJusticeFreedomWiseProgressViolenceConditionsHonestyEssentialsAchievementCommitmentFundamentalsDemocraticInjusticeDevotionRighteousnessIngredientsFalsehoodFabricTranquilityStrandsEnslavementResoluteHuman ProgressAmerican Way Of LifeDemocratic Leadership Author:Edmund Ezra Day
“More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.” CertainJesusNumbersIssuesCommitment Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“You have a responsibility to your work, to your choices. Once you get to a certain level of quality and commitment, you don't want to go back and make Booty Call 7.” WantSuccessCertainChoicesLevelsQualityResponsibilityCommitmentBooty Author:Jamie Foxx
“Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause other people pain. Renunciation is a commitment to let go of things that create suffering. It is the intention to stop hurting ourselves and others.” PeopleFactsPainCertainSufferingCausesHurtLetting GoCommitmentIntentionPushingRenunciation Author:Noah Levine