“When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.” IfsWayWritingPastProcessPayCommitmentConsequencePaidPreparedInterfereWriting ProcessLiving My LifeI Live My Life Author:Taslima Nasrin
“Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.” PastChallengesCommitmentAfghanistanStrengtheningUnderestimated Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“Although I will deeply miss the talented team at SCEA and the passion demonstrated every day by our fans, I'm very excited about starting the next chapter of my career. I want to thank the employees, partners, and customers for their tireless commitment to the PlayStation brand and, of course, to our fans who have pushed us to new heights of innovation and entertainment over the past two decades. I leave PlayStation in a position of considerable strength and the future will only get brighter for PlayStation Nation.” WantTwoPastPassionCoursesNextNationsCareersTeamFansMissingPositionCommitmentInnovationStartingEntertainmentExcitedCustomersDecadesPartnersBrandsHeightEmployeeChaptersBrighterOver The PastPlaystationNext Chapter Author:Jack Tretton
“One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights. ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices.” NeedsHumansHandsPastChoicesIndividualChallengesCreativityNovelCreativeTeacherAchieveBuildingMajorsModelsCommitmentInnovationInsightInquiryContinuityLearnersCollaboratorsHuman KnowledgeCreative Life Author:Vera John-Steiner
“In 1989 at Greater Saint Steven Full Gospel Church, I gave my life to Christ. That's pretty much where it all started for me. I was 23 years old at the time, right after my first year in the NBA. The pastor preached a message about being fully committed. That pretty much was me. I wasn't fully committed. I was kind of in and out all of the time. So I just wanted to make a commitment.” YearsFirstsKindWantedPastChristChurchGreaterMessagesCommitmentSaintCommittedNbaPastor Author:Avery Johnson
“I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.” WayYearsMomentsShowsWantedAmericaPastWaitingCoupleCommitmentThat MomentPilotsOver The Past Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.” PeoplePastSocialClearGroupsIntegrityHealthyUnderstoodCommitmentFaithfulContractsFulfilledPastorHonoredCovenantGuardedCongregationSocial Contract Author:David W Augsburger
“Each and every incomplete thing in your life or work exerts a draining force on you, sucking the energy of accomplishment and success out of you as surely as a vampire stealing your blood. Every incomplete promise, commitment and agreement saps your strength, because it blocks your momentum, inhibits your ability to move forward, to progress and improve. Incomplete things keep calling you back to the past to take care of them.” CarePastMovingEnergyForceAbilityProgressBloodCallingPromiseCommitmentTake CareStealingBlockMoving ForwardVampireAccomplishmentAgreementMomentumIncompleteYour MomSapDraining Author:Jeff Olson
“In the past I faced assassination attempts. I faced harassment, intimidation and prison due to my bold stand on this issue. But these difficult challenges strengthened my faith; strengthened my belief; and strengthened my commitment and devotion to this cause.” PastBeliefCausesDifficultChallengesIssuesCommitmentPrisonDuesDevotionAssassinationHarassmentIntimidationDifficult Challenges Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Also to have someone tell you when you can come and go. When I was faced with that decision, I just drew back on all my past decisions and especially my time in jail that this isn't the road I want to go down. That's why I really made a commitment towards school.” WantMadeSchoolPastDecisionCommitmentMy TimeJailComes And GoesMy PastPast Decisions Author:John Starks
“The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.” WayYearsDoneGovernmentPastCoursesProcessCommitmentDeedsContrastPalestinianIsraeliOver The PastDiplomaticPosing Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“One of the most dynamic and significant changes you can make in your life is to make the commitment to drop all negative references to your past, to begin living now.” PastLife IsCommitmentNegativeSignificantYour PastSignificant Change Book:Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life Source: Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life
“We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.” MayHas BeensPastValuesDifficultPrinciplesGenerationsCenturyPeriodsCommitmentEndureBreadTemptationLuxuryErasAbandonPatrioticYieldTransitionSaltProvenHonoredTemptedDifficult TimesUneasyAmerican ValuesPast GenerationsTimes Of Transition Author:Jimmy Carter
“Culture is the heritage of us all. some may be more interested than others in the treasures of the past, but no one can fail to take a pride in his country's participation in the story of mankind, as represented in carvings, sculpture, music, paintings and the other arts. And there is a personal commitment to this, for no man can really say he is alone: we are all joined through our identity, with the cultures which are part of the mainstream of life” MenMayArtCountryStoriesPastCultureFailingMankindIdentityPaintingPrideCommitmentTreasureHeritageMainstreamParticipationSculptureCarving Author:Simon Kapwepwe