“A good marriage does not require a perfect man or a perfect woman. It only requires a man and a woman committed to strive together toward perfection.” MenDoeTogetherWomenPerfectFamilyMarriageCoupleMen And WomenCommitmentPerfectionStriveCommittedGood MarriagePerfect ManMormonismPerfect Woman Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“If I could change the attitude of young men toward literature, I would want them to read not just for escape, but because literature can be more truthful about things like sex, commitment, and aging. It can be more truthful about the stuff that our parents lied to us (and themselves) about, and the stuff that everyone has to lie about. It can all be dealt with truthfully in fiction and poetry.” IfsMenWantYoungLyingLiteratureSexStuffParentAttitudeFictionCommitmentAgingYoung ManIf I CouldTruthfulLied Author:Lorin Stein
“Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that would be even more alienated and violent if caring women did not do the work of teaching men who have lost touch with themselves how to love again. This labor of love is futile only when the men in question refuse to awaken, refuse growth. At this point it is a gesture of self-love for women to break their commitment and move on.” IfsMenWorldTryingSelfWould BeMovingLostGrowthLove IsBreakTeachingHe ManSelf LoveCommitmentLaborRefuseCaringViolentGesturesHow To LoveLove AgainLabor Of Love Author:Bell Hooks
“Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps. A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.” MenConsciousnessRevolutionCommitmentEmptyDrinkingActivismGravesGrassSmokingMilkNot InterestedStampsDistributionCollectingDopePostagePostage StampsGreeningDistribution Of PowerSmoking Dope Author:Abbie Hoffman
“A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the occasions on which, he changes those ideas, procedures, and concepts.” MenIdeasChangeHe ManConceptsCommitmentTransformationOccasionsFixedStereotypeRationalityProceduresDemonstrating Author:Stephen Toulmin
“Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.” MenFoundFeltJourneyShareDegreesCommitmentConsequenceTestedRecollectionArrivalsEmbarking Author:Murray Kempton
“The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by a man incapable of it.” MenStrongUnderstoodCommitmentLastingIncapableLasting Love Author:Murray Kempton
“God intends and expects marriage to be a lifetime commitment between a man and a woman, based on the principles of biblical love. The relationship between Jesus Christ and His church is the supreme example of the committed love that a husband and wife are to follow in their relationship with each other.” MenJesusChristChurchPrinciplesWifeExampleHusbandCommitmentJesus ChristLifetimeCommittedSupremeBiblicalHusband And WifeBiblical LoveLifetime Commitment Author:John C. Broger
“It is the Muslim's conception of himself as the khulifa of Allah on the earth that makes him the vortex of human history. Only as God's khulifa, and hence only in proper commitment to the vision of Islam, may man act responsibly in the totality of space-time.” MenHumansMayEarthHumanitySpaceVisionCommitmentIslamConceptionHuman HistoryTotalitySpace TimeVortex Author:Ismail al-Faruqi
“On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who serve selflessly, tirelessly and fearlessly in UN peacekeeping operations. Let us remember the heroes who have laid down their lives in lands far from their own in the service of peace. And let us reaffirm our commitment to building a world free from the scourge of war.” MenWorldWarCountryRememberPayLandBuildingHe ManHeroMen And WomenCommitmentInternationalOperationsTributeScourgePeacekeepingPeacekeepers Author:Kofi Annan
“At (UNHCR's) headquarters, I met extraordinary people, men and women, especially from the emergency team, who shared with me their passion, their dedication and their commitment to this organisation and refugees. They told me about the daily difficulties they have to face and also the joy they felt when they managed to save a person whose life was threatened.” PeopleMenPersonsFacesJoyPassionFeltTeamMetsMen And WomenCommitmentDifficultyExtraordinaryDedicationThreatenedRefugeeEmergenciesOrdinary PeopleOrganisationHeadquarters Author:Julien Clerc