“An order given in battle, an instruction issued by the master of a sailing ship, a cry for help, are as powerful in modifying the course of events as any other bodily act...You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison.” MayHelpingOrderCoursesGivenPowerfulEventsCryMastersBattleCommitmentPrisonBoundsShipsFinding YourselfInstructionSailingVowSignaturesMonasteriesSailing ShipsModifying Author:Bronislaw Malinowski
“The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.” OrderHonestyKeysSafeCommitmentRadicalIntimacy Author:Marianne Williamson
“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
“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
“Ancient worship . . . does truth. All one has to do is to study the ancient liturgies to see that liturgies clearly do truth by their order and in their substance. This is why so many young people today are now adding ancient elements to their worship. . . . This recovery of ancient practices is not the mere restoration of ritual but a deep, profound, and passionate engagement with truth—truth that forms and shapes the spiritual life into a Christlikeness that issues forth in the call to a godly and holy life and into a deep commitment to justice and to the needs of the poor.” PeopleNeedsDoeTodaySpiritualFormYoungOrderJusticePoorPracticeStudyIssuesHolyShapesElementsWorshipCommitmentMereProfoundAncientPassionateRecoverySubstanceRitualEngagementSpiritual LifeGodlyRestorationLiturgyHoly LifeChristlikeness Author:Robert E. Webber
“So often times we see these films that erode human dignity...films that deny the transcendent moral order of the moral universe. They're always eroding natural affections for families. Fathers betray their commitments, children's are always portrayed as brats and disobedient, marriages are always in crisis and struggle. I think (for) most of us, that's not the lives we live. We're always being challenged, we always have challenges but we love our families, we love our spouse, we love our children.” ThinkingHumansChildrenFilmOrderUniverseFatherNaturalChallengesMoralStruggleCommitmentDignityOur ChildrenCrisisAffectionDenyOur FamilyBetraySpouseTranscendentHuman DignityErodeBratLove Our ChildrenLove Our Family Author:Jason Jones
“Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.” OrderSocialChurchPracticeCommitmentTheologyMormonism Author:Sterling M. McMurrin
“Businesses will only invest in Greece if three conditions are fulfilled. First, there must be a clear commitment to the euro. No businesses will invest if they have to fear that Greece will leave the euro zone at some point. Second, the Greek government must be prepared to work together with European institutions in order to restructure the country.” IfsFirstsCountryGovernmentTogetherOrderThreeClearConditionsCommitmentInstitutionsPreparedGreekZoneWorking TogetherFulfilledBe PreparedGreeceEuroRestructure Author:Martin Schulz
“I know what it means to sit in that chair for four or five hours. For me, it's actually thrilling because I get to know something that I'm not used to. The others do that every working day. It's a real commitment, not only in terms of acting in front of a camera, but just in order to get there.” KnowsMeanRealUsedOrderTermHoursActingFiveFourFrontsCommitmentCamerasChairsThrilling Author:Richard Sammel
“It's probably why the 330,000 members of the fraternal order of police endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States of America, because they see his commitment to them.” StatesAmericaOrderNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpMembersCommitmentPoliceUnited States Of AmericaFraternal Author:Mike Pence
“When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.” NeedsValuesOrderMoralHolyPleaseOffersCommitmentLifestylePursuitCommitHolinessMoral Values Book:The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness Source: The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness
“A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of State; not only matters for the authoirities, but for society in its entirety, including civilian, military, and religious bodies. The mobilization which is urgently needed to effect the transition within two or three years from a culture of war to a culture of peace demands co-operation from everyone. In order to change, the world needs everyone.” WorldNeedsYearsTwoWarMatterStatesWholeBodyGovernmentOrderCultureThreeReligiousViolenceSocietyEffectsMilitaryNeededDemandCommitmentUniversalIncludingOperationsChanging The WorldTransitionThree YearsNonviolenceCiviliansRenunciationEntiretyMobilization Author:Federico Mayor Zaragoza
“Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people still don't go hungry, unschooled or sick without care. Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsCareOrderIndividualSocialWealthJusticeDependsCircumstancesCommitmentSickAimCharityHungryWhimCharitableSocial OrderVicissitudesCommendablePersonal Wealth Author:Bill Moyers
“One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries it to the point of believing that one might change human beings through painting. But if one lacks this passionate commitment, there is nothing left to do. Then it is best to leave it alone.” IfsBelieveHumansMightOrderPassionLeftHuman BeingsPaintingCommitmentPassionateOneselfCommitObsessedCarrie Author:Robert Rauschenberg
“When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.” OrderNeededUnderstoodCommitmentGainsPerseveranceHumanitarianCredibilitySkepticPerserveranceUnwaveringPatience And Perseverance Author:Bianca Jagger
“May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order that through you the oneness of humanity may establish its temple in the world of mankind, for you are the ones who are called to uplift the cause of unity among the nations of the earth.” WorldMayEarthHumanityOrderHeavenNationsStarsCausesCompassionTreeSeaMankindCommitmentGardenRoseUnityFruitWaveOnenessUpliftingTemples Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.” WorldMayOrderChoicesPracticeCommitmentOneselfHardestHardest ThingHold Fast Author:Sheena Iyengar
“Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Christians to transform themselves into 'witnesses,' ready and able to shoulder the commitment of testifying - always and to everyone - to the hope that animates them.” WellsMadeAbleChristianOrderEffortOur LivesReadyCommitmentShouldersWitnessGreat EffortTestifying Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I have chosen for my emblem a Star, representing the Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist. Those who know me as a professor of theology will remember my passion for the Eucharist from our classes. Blessed be God for this madness... We must live our commitment to society steeped in the Eucharist. We must take the Eucharist to the streets, both in the heart of the city and on the outskirts, to the poor neighborhoods and to hospitals... In order to obey the Resurrected Christ, I dare say with Pope John Paul II: 'Open wide the doors of your heart to the Holy Spirit.'” KnowsHeartRememberSpiritOrderPassionStarsChristPoorCitiesClassDoorsStreetsHolyCommitmentMadnessBlessedDareWideTheologyChosenHoly SpiritNeighborhoodHospitalsProfessorsMaryKnow MePopeSacramentsVirginsMy PassionRepresentingEucharistEmblemsVirgin MaryJohn PaulJohn Paul IiPope John PaulPoor Neighborhoods Author:Nicolas Cotugno
“I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's security and well-being. Israel and America may be thousands of miles apart, but we are philosophical neighbors sharing a strong commitment to democracy and the rule of law. What we hold in common are the bonds of trust and friendship, qualities that in our eyes make Israel a great nation. No people have fought longer, struggled harder, or sacrificed more than yours in order to survive, to grow, and to live in freedom” PeopleWellsMayStatesEyeAmericaLawOrderStrongNationsGrowsChanceUnitedCommonQualityUnited StatesDemocracySecurityCommitmentHarderPhilosophicalIsraelNeighborMilesWelcomeWell BeingPresidentialTiesRule Of LawGreat NationsUnbreakableTrust And FriendshipMiles Apart Author:Ronald Reagan
“In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.” HeartRealPurposeOrderAsksCommitment Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Set realistic goals short and long term. 2. Plan an orderly and thorough routine to train the entire body. 3. Make a commitment to stick to your routine for four to six weeks to realize the changes and benefits, develop perseverance and create a habit. 4. Establish enthusiasm for your training, the driving force to perform successfully. 5. Ease into an appropriate training program with a wholesome, thoughtful nutritional plan: proper foods, amounts and order of consumption. 6. Be confident from the beginning that the application of these sound principles will produce the desired results.” LongBodyOrderForceSoundGoalTermRealizingResultsPrinciplesFourPlansWeekProduceAmountHabitSixBenefitsTrainingCommitmentProgramTrainSticksPerseveranceDrivingEnthusiasmEaseLong TermThoughtfulAppropriateRoutineRealisticApplicationConsumptionThoroughOrderlyBe ConfidentDriving ForceRealistic GoalsTraining Programs Author:Dave Draper