Commitment quotes

“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”
Oprah Winfrey

“Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.”
Kevin Costner

“It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.”
Eddie Cantor

“You know, my father used to say, whatever you do, do it 100%. When you work, work. When you laugh, laugh. When you eat, eat like it's your last meal.”
Viggo Mortensen - Tony Lip

“I've had nothing but Platonic love all my life. Do you know what I say? Fuck Plato! And fuck all love that's not a hundred percent commitment!”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Christy Brown

“My motto is if you want to win the lottery you've got to make money to get a ticket.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Lou Bloom

“I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.”
Brendan Fraser

“Those kids played out their heart. They gave everything they had! They played up to the maximum of their ability! They gave it everything. And you know, it wasn't good enough. It wasn't good enough for me, wasn't good enough for you, wasn't good enough for anybody!”

Nick Nolte - Pete Bell

“Nobody ever got ahead by sitting on their behinds!”
Marley Shelton - Diane Weston

“Going in one more round when you don't think you can, that's what makes all the difference in your life.”
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“Michael, I have great affection for you and you live a very rich and interesting life, but you're a bag man not an attorney. If your intention was to have me committed you should have kept me in Wisconsin where the arrest report, the videotape, eyewitness reports of my inappropriate behavior would have had jurisdictional relevance.”
Tom Wilkinson - Arthur Edens

“What's sad in a way is that the people that are the most giving, hardworking, and capable of making this world better, usually don't have the ego and ambition to be a leader.”
Julie Delpy - Celine

“If you want me to run your little camping trip, there are two conditions: first, I'm in charge, and when I'm not around, Dieter is. All you have to do is sign the checks, tell us we're doing a good job, and open your case of scotch when we have a good day. Second condition: my fee? You can keep it. All I want in return for my services is the...” (continue)(continue reading)

Pete Postlethwaite - Roland Tembo

“I can't have a baby because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting.”
Diane Keaton - J.C. Wiatt

“I do what I do, and I do it well, and focus and take it one moment at a time.”
Jim Caviezel

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.”
Cecil Blount DeMille

“Alan Harper-Lyndsey has been pushing me to make a commitment because some other guy asked her out.
Walden Schmidt-Who asked her out?
Alan Harper-Her gynecologist.
Walden Schmidt-At least he knows what he is getting into.
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Ashton Kutcher - Walden Schmidt
Jon Cryer - Alan Harper

“The younger and the hotter the girl, the less chance of commitment.”
Luke Bracey - Jackson

“You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.”
Christine Baranski

“- Colonel Saito: Do you know what will happen to me if the bridge is not built on time?
- Colonel Nicholson: I haven't the foggiest.
- Colonel Saito: I'll have to kill myself. What would you do if you were me?
- Colonel Nicholson: I suppose if I were you... I'd have to kill myself.”
Alec Guinness - Colonel Nicholson
Sessue Hayakawa - Colonel Saito

“- Tommy Green: Pop, what's that?
- Phil Green: That's a statue of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders.
- Tommy Green: No kidding? That's what Grandma says you're doing. She says she wishes you'd leave the world alone once in a while.”
Dean Stockwell - Tommy Green
Gregory Peck - Philip Schuyler Green

“There's lots of happiness in working hard. Maybe the most.”
Michael Chekhov - Dr. Alexander Brulov

“The important thing is the effort, not what we achieve.”
Gunnar Björnstrand - Mr. Vogler

“Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.”
Michael Eklund

“You're gonna work days, and you're gonna work nights, and you're gonna work between time when I think you need it.”
Warner Baxter - Julian Marsh