Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
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The first thing to be disrupted by our commitment to nonviolence will be not the system but our own lives.
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When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted.
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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
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He is poor indeed that can promise nothing
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The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
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Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.
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To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault
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He who promises runs in debt
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I wake up in the morning and one thing that I worry about is maybe I may not have done my best for my people. I try always to do my very, very best and if I don't strive the hardest this is what worries me.
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There's no turning back.. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart..
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We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
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The best way to create a genuine responsibility era -- a genuine commitment to families and to the values they reflect -- is to begin with those to whom we owe the greatest responsibility -- those whom we most value -- our kids. Let's not just talk about it -- let's put kids first.
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There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
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The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.
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Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.
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Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
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The communication style of leaders helps us distinguish great leaders from the wannabes. When facing a problem the great leader says, Let's find out, while the wannabe says that nobody knows. Great leaders communicate commitment while wannabe leaders make promises. Great leaders have the capacity to listen while wannabes can't wait for their turn to talk. Great leaders say there is a better way to do this, while wannabes say this is the way we have always done things around here. Great leaders<br/>say that I'm a good leader, but could do better while the wannabe says I'm better than a lot of people. Great leaders take accountability for their mistakes while the wannabe points fingers and says it's your fault.
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Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity... Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom.... Love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... True love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'.
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Onion soup sustains. The process of making it is somewhat like the process of learning to love. It requires commitment, extraordinary effort, time, and will make you cry.
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Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
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Anyone can be an ACE: Attitude Commitment = Excellence
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The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that philosophy is generally reasonable and high-minded or utterly bizarre and irrational - the powers of reason are s
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Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
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