“To live and work successfully with others requires more than faithfulness to one's concrete aims. It requires an intellectual commitment to a type of order in which, even on issues which to one are fundamental, others are allowed to pursue different ends. It is for this reason that to the liberal neither moral nor religious ideals are proper objects of coercion, while both conservatives and socialists recognize no such limits.” DifferentEndsReasonOrderReligiousMoralIssuesObjectsTypeLimitsIntellectualCommitmentIdealsAimFundamentalsPursueConcreteFaithfulnessCoercion Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from those whom we fight. That is a source of our strength. That is why I prohibited torture. That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva conventions. We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend.” BelieveDifferentWarStatesAmericaFightingI BelieveLosesUnitedUnited StatesSourceStandardsCommitmentIdealsPrisonCompromiseTortureConventionsUnited States Of AmericaGenevaGuantanamoGuantanamo BayGeneva Convention Author:Barack Obama
“You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.” FeelsYearsGamesLevelsWeekCommitmentIdealsRemainsConstantMeetingsExcellenceDisappearCompromiseNo Compromise Book:Driven from Within Source: Driven from Within
“From our best qualities come our worst. From our urge to pull together comes our tendency to tear each other apart. From our devotion to a higher good comes our propensity to the foulest atrocities. From our commitment to ideals comes our excuse to hate. Since the beginning of history, we have been blinded by evil's ability to don a selfless disguise. We have failed to see that our finest qualities often lead us to the actions we most abhor, murder, torture, genocide and war.” Has BeensWarActionTogetherHateEvilAbilityQualityWorstTearsHigherCommitmentIdealsMurderExcuseDevotionTendenciesTortureUrgesGenocideSelflessDisguiseFinestAtrocitiesBlindedPropensity Author:Howard Bloom
“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 most difficult part, when you decide to make running a part of your life style, is the basic initial commitment. Everybody says, 'I don't have the time.' It's up to you to say, 'I do have the time.' For me, beginning to run when I was a student was an ideal situation. However, I've also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life” RunningJobsDifficultSituationWeekStyleStudentsHabitPeriodsCommitmentIdealsMilesDaily LifeRoutineInitialsUp To YouLife StyleFull Time Jobs Author:Bill Rodgers
“I will never compromise - I can now say with assurance at the age of 57 - with my libertarian and my revolutionary commitments; they'll have to kill me first. They can't buy me out. I'm just not interested in what they have to offer. I've managed to stick it out, and the thing that has been the most rescuing, the most redeeming, feature of my life that has kept me alive, that has kept me more or less single-minded about my commitment to libertarian ideals once I escaped the trap of Marxist-Leninism - a childhood trap, to be sure - has been consciousness.” FirstsHas BeensI CanAgeConsciousnessAliveChildhoodOffersCommitmentIdealsSticksLibertarianCompromiseFeaturesRevolutionaryNot InterestedTrapsAssuranceKill MeMarxistRedeemingNever Compromise Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm much more interested in developing human character in society. And I'm much more interested in the social conditions that foster commitment to ideals, a sense of solidarity, purposefulness, steadfastness, responsibility.” HumansCharacterSocialResponsibilityConditionsCommitmentIdealsDevelopingSolidaritySteadfastnessSocial ConditionsPurposefulness Author:Murray Bookchin
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.” PeopleInspirationalWellsTogetherAsksResponsibilityDestinyRightsDutyCommitmentIdealsDiedCharityBoundsDefensePatriotismFoundingOur DestinyUnworthyWithout LovePersonal LeadershipPatriotism And Freedom Author:Barack Obama
“Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.” WorldSpiritualMoralClearStandardsCommitmentIdealsCertaintySearch For Meaning Author:Mitt Romney
“The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the great enterprises and ideals of American society.” MenLifeInspirationalDoeIdeasReasonProblemMotivationalTodayFacesPassionJusticeCommonCourageFutureProjectsCommitmentIdealsFellowsEnterpriseFearfulNew IdeasFellow ManAmerican SocietyApathetic Author:Robert Kennedy
“Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.” MenRealEndsFallWinningBeliefFailingHeroCommitmentIdealsFlawedMemorial DayReal HeroesTrue Hero Author:Kevin Costner
“Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.” MenMayMeanImportantPurposeDiesCausesMovementCommitmentIdealsYieldNervesConsentInspirational Commitment Book:Disciplines of the spirit Source: Disciplines of the spirit
“To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that it has lost its ability to stem the tide of crime, deception and immorality that is sweeping the nation. For millions of church members there is no deep commitment to the cause of Christ, no regularity of attendance at public worship, no sacrificial giving, no personal religious discipline.” WorldGivingChristianLostNationsCausesChristChurchReligiousAbilityMillionsCrimeDisciplineMembersWorshipStandardsCommitmentIdealsChristian InspirationalDeceptionTidesStemAdoptedSweepingImmoralityRegularityAttendanceChurch Members Author:Billy Graham