Thursday, September 6, 2012

COMMITMENT

“Far too many people think that conditions determine choices. More often, choices determine conditions. When you choose commitment, you give yourself a chance for success.” –John Maxwell

"I would say that the quality of each man's like is the full measure of that man's personal commitment to excellent and to victory -- whether it be football, whether it be business, whether it be politics or government or what have you." -Vince Lombardi



"Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough."
 -Dick Bennett



"There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. Went you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results." -Ken Blanchard

“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between.” -Pat Riley

“Most companies don’t die because they are wrong; most die because they don’t commit themselves...You have to have a strong leader setting a direction. And it doesn’t even have to be the right direction — just a strong, clear one.” -Jack Welch

“If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.” -Joyce Brothers

“Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.” -Denis Waitley

"Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions." -John Maxwell
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” -Madame Marie Curie

 “It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.” -Jim Rohn

“If you don’t make a total commitment to whatever you’re doing, then you’ll start to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.” -Lou Holtz

“Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.” -Nido Qubein

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie

“Individuals who succeed have a belief in the power of commitment. If there’s a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it’s that there’s no great success without great commitment.” –Anthony Robbins

“Sometimes when we know of talented people who are highly successful, we may be tempted to think that commitment is easier for them because of their talent. But that isn’t true. Commitment and talent are unconnected—unless you connect them.” –John Maxwell

“Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future.” -Brian Tracy

“What you commit yourself to determines what you are, more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday, or the day before.” -Dr. Anthony Campolo

“There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” -Ken Blanchard

"Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down." –David McNally

"Nothing is easier than saying words.  Nothing harder than living them day after day." –Arthur Gordon

“It’s one thing to make a commitment in a moment. It’s another to stick with it.” –John Maxwell

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." -Ralph Waldo Emerson