“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
“I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place.” IfsFeelsI CanEnoughPoliticalSocialEmotionalCommitmentRootsIndianCanadaExpatriates Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“I can't actually read interviews with thesps now because they're almost always fantastically predictable, the men especially. Actors are forever stressing their ordinariness, their beer and football-loving commitments.” MenI CanActorsForeverFootballHe ManCommitmentStressBeerInterviewsPredictableOrdinariness Author:Peter York
“With the skills that I have and with my commitment to getting better I don't see any reason I can't win every single fight I'm in.” I CanReasonFightingWinningSkillsCommitmentGet BetterMmaCan't Win Author:Daniel Cormier
“SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.” PeopleIfsThinkingI CanSelfPurposeRealizingEmotionQualitySuccessfulOne ThingWillingDisciplinePromiseEssentialsCommitmentMilesAlternativesExtrasSuccessful PeopleSelf DisciplineSchedulesDeadlineUnsuccessfulExtra MilePersonal Qualities Author:John C. Maxwell
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I wake up every morning excited. Rather than become complacent or overwhelmed, I've made a choice for life - and I can do something about it.” MadeI CanChoicesCan DoMorningCommitmentWake UpExcitedEvery MorningOverwhelmedComplacentCan Do Something Author:Gary Holland
“I have way too many commitments. I get pulled in too many directions and I never seem to be able to satisfy anybody. People get turned on by knowing a celebrity, even my friends and family. They feel that there's something exciting about me, but in reality there's no substance to it. People in airports just hold on to me expecting something and it seems that I always come up empty. It's frustrating because I'm trying to please everybody, and ya just can't do that ... at least I can't.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingI CanRealitySeemsAbleKnowingPleaseMy FriendsCommitmentEmptyExcitingCome UpSubstanceExpectingFamily And FriendsFrustratingAirportsExpecting Something Author:Tim Allen