1,801 Quotes About Commitment

At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.

Your behavior reflects your actual purposes.

Twenty-five years ago I made my vow to love you and to live with you wherever you went," she whispered. "Since you're bound to go, I'd best keep my promise.

I'm not talking about commitment to romantic relationships. I'm talking about commitment to things: houses, jobs, neighborhoods. Having a job that requires a contract. Paying a mortgage. I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.

Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in between.

Stephen's face in the extremity of climax was a thing of such perfection that Anthony wished to commit it to memory before remembering, with a strange sort of wonder, that he need not commit it to memory, that it was something he might have at any time, that it was his for life. That Stephen was...his. For life.

Love is commitment, not desire. That is why it is so rare.

When a guy really loves a woman, she doesn't have to plead with him to commit. He'd commit to her if she lived on the moon....You don't need to beg for anyone's attention. Make him work to win your heart instead of simply handing it to him.