“The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.” PeopleThinkingGivingHardOpportunityEconomyWillingHard WorkCommittedMeritInherent Author:Lee R. Raymond
“You've got to be willing to stay committed to someone over the long run, and sometimes it doesn't work out. But often if you become real honest with yourself and honest with each other, and put aside whatever personal hurt and disappointment you have to really understand yourself and your spouse, it can be the most wonderful experience you've ever had.” IfsLongRealSometimesRunningHurtWorkWonderfulHonestWillingCommittedDisappointmentWork OutLong RunsSpouseHonest With YourselfWonderful Experience Author:Hillary Clinton
“For me, passion means whatever a person is willing to suffer for.'Apostolic passion,' therefore, is a deliberate, intentional choice to live for the worship of Jesus in the nations. It has to do with being committed to the point of death to spreading His glory. It's the quality of those who are on fire for Jesus, who dream of the whole earth being covered with the Glory of the Lord.” MeanPersonsWholeDreamEarthSufferingChoicesPassionJesusNationsQualityLordFireWillingWorshipGloryCommittedCoveredDeliberateApostolic Author:Floyd McClung
“If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.” IfsWayHas BeensSinWillingConscienceMercyIncludingCommittedGodlyUnbeliefSorrowfulMercy Of God Book:Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons Source: Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons
“Everybody have equal rights to a life of full flourishing. Philosophy slowly, slowly has given us arguments saying, look, you already committed to your own life flourishing, and you're being inconsistent if you don't expand it. So philosophy often works in trying to show us that there's an inner incoherence in our points of view. We're all committed to one thing when it comes to us and our own kind, but we're not willing to expand it and we're guilty of inconsistency.” IfsTryingLooksKindPhilosophyShowsGivenViewsRightsOne ThingWillingEqualArgumentCommittedPoint Of ViewGuiltyEqual RightsInconsistentFlourishingInconsistencyIncoherence Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“It is not right, my fellow-countrymen, you who know very well all the crimes committed in our name. It's not at all right that you do not breathe a word about them to anyone, not even to your own soul, for fear of having to stand in judgment of yourself. I am willing to believe that at the beginning you did not realize what was happening; later, you doubted whether such things could be true; but now you know, and still you hold your tongues.” KnowsBelieveWellsStillsSoulNamesRealizingCrimeWillingJudgmentHappeningsFellowsCommittedTongueBreatheBeing TrueDoubtedCountrymen Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.” NeedsShouldSometimesGovernmentSpeakInformationWillingSourceIntegrityWastePerformancesAbuseDollarsCommittedPartnersEmpoweringEmployeeFraudTaxpayersSpeaks OutWrongdoingSave A LifeBe EncouragedActs Of CourageWhistleblowersGovernment Employees Author:Barack Obama
“I would be misleading you if I made you feel that we could win a violent campaign. It's impractical even to think about it. The minute we start, we will end up getting many more people killed unnecessarily. Now, I'm ready to die myself. Many other committed people are ready to die. If you believe in something firmly, if you believe in it truly, if you believe it in your heart, you are willing to die for it, but I'm not going to advocate a method that brings about unnecessary death.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsBelieveHeartMadeEndsWould BeDiesWinningMinutesWillingReadyMethodCommittedCampaignsViolentUnnecessaryIf You BelieveMisleadReady To DieWilling To Die Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.” PeopleUsedPurposeWaitingWillingKingsCommittedGods WillLutherAlways Waiting Author:Coretta Scott King
“In the past people would say, "I can only do this world-class snowboarding if I have a helicopter." Actually, if you're committed to it, willing to put a bunch of energy into it, then you can do it under your own power.” PeopleIfsWorldI CanPastEnergyCan DoClassThis WorldWillingCommittedBunchYou Can Do ItHelicoptersWorld ClassSnowboarding Author:Jeremy Jones