“I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years.” YearsHas BeensI CanStatesProblemHomeLawCommunityLeaderCommitmentCongressLocalsLaw EnforcementEnforcementUrgencyConstituentsLocal CommunityWashington State Author:Rick Larsen
“Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.” Has BeensHomePoliticalReligiousSecurityCommitmentObjectivesPursueFactorsSecurity And Freedom Author:Preston Manning
“If same-sex relationships are really sinful, then why do they so often produce good fruit-loving families, open homes, self-sacrifice, commitment, faithfulness, joy? And if conservative Christians are really right in their response to same-sex relationships, then why does that response often produce bad fruit-secrets, shame, depression, loneliness, broken families, and fear?” IfsDoeSelfHomeChristianJoySexSecretSacrificeLonelinessProduceBrokenCommitmentShameResponseFruitConservativeFaithfulnessSelf SacrificeLoving FamilySex RelationshipsBroken Family Author:Rachel Held Evans
“I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.” PeopleWantHomeBitsBusinessStyleCommitmentBritishStoresMore MoneyRetailers Author:Philip Green
“Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.” PeopleLongHomeTermCommitmentLong TermProvidingInfrastructureDefenceAustralian Author:Jay Weatherill
“Look, I made a commitment to corn 17 years ago. Sure, I'm a man. I like to go to a barbecue and see beans that I like: baked beans, red beans, black beans, big plump garbanzos. But in the end, I always come home to my sweet, sweet corn.” MenYearsLooksMadeEndsHomeBigsBlackSweetCommitmentRedYears AgoComing HomeCornBeansBarbecueBaked BeansSweet Corn Author:George Lopez
“I truly believe that to stay home, to learn the names of things, to realize who we live among . . . then I believe a politics of place emerges where we are deeply accountable to our communities, to our neighborhoods, to our home . . . If we are not rooted deeply in place, making that commitment to dig in and stay put . . . then I think we are living a life without specificity, and then our lives become abstractions. Then we enter a place of true desolation.” IfsThinkingBelieveHomeNamesI BelieveRealizingCommunityOur LivesCommitmentNeighborhoodRootedAbstractionOur CommunityDesolationSpecificity Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.” ChildrenHomeHusbandCommitmentMy FamilyTownsCommittedLocalsMy ChildrenMy HusbandGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and sense of affection and commitment lay in shared collective analysis of social injustice as well as a vision for radical transformation"” WellsHomeSocialSpaceVisionCommitmentTransformationLaysInjusticeAffectionFamiliarRadicalAnalysisCollectivesStableImaginativeFamiliaritySocial Injustice Author:Chandra Talpade Mohanty
“We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when these troops come home and they become veterans and they go back into the civilian community, they're not always going through the VA system for medical care. They're going to show up at community hospitals and clinics.” KnowsShowsHomeCareCommunityMillionsCommitmentMedicalComing HomeHospitalsNurseTroopsVeteranPtsdCiviliansClinicMedical Care Author:Michelle Obama
“I look around the world, I don't see America's influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding, in part because of the failure of Barack Obama to deal with our economic challenges at home; in part because of our withdrawal from our commitment to our military in the way I think it ought to be; in part because of the turmoil with Israel.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksHomeAmericaChallengesDealsGrowingInfluenceEconomicMilitaryOughtCommitmentIsraelAround The WorldBarackTurmoilWithdrawal Author:Mitt Romney
“I love helping other people. When I made a commitment to stay in the South, to work for change, it meant devoting my life to working for and helping others. I feel good when I know that I've saved someone's farm, or helped a family to get a home or access to credit. Or when I can get young people to see that there's more to life than just trying to make the biggest dollar for yourself.” PeopleTryingHelpingHomeCommitmentHelping OthersFeel GoodI Feel Good Author:Shirley Sherrod
“Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community.” WellsChildrenHomeSchoolCommunityHabitEatingCommitmentOur ChildrenAccessWell BeingDependentPromotingEating HabitsGood Eating Author:Rod Blagojevich
“To our brothers and sisters in harm’s way, we say that we pray for you. We pray that the Lord will watch over you and preserve you from injury and that you may return home and pick up your lives again. We know that you are not in that land of blowing sand and brutal heat because you enjoy the games of war. The strength of your commitment is measured by your willingness to give your very lives for that in which you believe.” KnowsWayGivingBelieveMayWarHomeGamesEnjoyLordWatchesLandBrotherReturnPrayingPicksCommitmentHarmPreservesHeatInjurySandOver YouWillingnessBrutalBrothers And SistersPraying For You Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.” IfsKindIdeasSelfWholeFactsHomeSeemsWould BeRealizingRelationshipSpecialCommitmentCommittedReverseNursingArrangingNursing HomeNo Commitment Author:John D. MacDonald
“When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.” ThinkingMenWantShouldHomeValuesWomenInspiringBoysShareCrazyAdviceHusbandEqualSmartCommitmentSexyPartnersSettlingAmbitiousFairnessTrust MeBeing SmartSettling DownBad BoyOpinionatedGood HusbandLife PartnerLeaning InAmbitious Women Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates
“The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's belief-that is what matters, that is the difference between a contribution and a commitment. That devotion to true principle in our individual lives, in our homes and families, and in all places that we meet and influence other people-that devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us.” PeopleMatterHomeIndividualBeliefDifferencesAbilityPrinciplesInfluenceIntegrityCommitmentIndividualityDevotionContributionDedicationWhat MattersRequestIndividual LifeHome And Family Author:Howard W. Hunter
“I choose faithfulness...Today I will keep my promises. My debtors will not regret their trust. My associates will not question my word. My wife will not question my love. And my children will never fear that they father will not come home.” ChildrenHomeTodayFatherWifeRegretPromiseCommitmentMy WifeMy ChildrenComing HomeAssociatesFaithfulnessNever FearDebtors Book:The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life Source: The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life
“Our Nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend the frontiers of freedom.” WorldStillsHomeNationsCommitmentOur WorldFoundingFrontiers Author:George W. Bush
“Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government.” CountryHomeGovernmentForceSecurityDevelopmentCommitmentFirmTroopsAccelerateOur TroopsTimelinesSecurity Forces Author:Peter DeFazio