30 Commitment Quotes to Supercharge Your Life

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Commitment quotes to keep you on track – at work, at home, at life.

Whether you’re committing yourself to a career, a partner, or (gasp!) both, it’s a comforting, terrifying, and fulfilling process. Here are 30 commitment quotes to keep you rocking at life:

  1. ”Commitment is an act, not a word.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
  2. ”Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it’s a relationship, a business or a hobby.” -Neil Strauss
  3. ”Seems to me that there is a fine line between insanity and dedication… I call that line commitment.” -Jeremy Aldana
  4. ”If you can’t value a commitment made by someone else, your own commitments lose their value too.” -Ram Mohan
  5. ”Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” -Yoda
  6. ”The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” -Martina Navratilova
  7. ”When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects the output.” -A.R. Rahman
  8. ”Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.” -James Allen
  9. ”The time to hesitate is through.” -Jim Morrison
  10. ”It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.” -Ralph Ellison
  11. ”The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.” -Rollo May
  12. ”Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” -Stephen King
  13. ”All great achievements require time.” -Maya Angelou
  14. ”I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” -Mia Hamm
  15. ”Don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.” -Clint Eastwood
  16. ”You always have two choices: Your commitment versus your fear.” -Sammy Davis, Jr.
  17. ”Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” -Mario Andretti
  18. ”You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher
  19. ”Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.” -Bill Blackman
  20. ”Anyone can dabble, but once you’ve made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it’s very hard for people to stop you.” -Bill Cosby
  21. ”Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” -Tony Robbins
  22. ”I’ve never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.” -Charles F. Kettering
  23. ”It’s always too early to quit.” -Norman Vincent Peale
  24. ”I am easily satisfied with the very best.” -Winston Churchill
  25. ”I like villains because there’s something so attractive about a committed person – they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They’re motivated.” -Russell Crowe
  26. ”If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.” -Dick Vermeil
  27. ”Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, ‘I will do better tomorrow.’” -Brigham Young
  28. ”The resolved mind hath no cares.” -George Herbert
  29. ”Only do what your heart tells you.” -Princess Diana
  30. ”Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.” -Henry David Thoreau

What are your favorite commitment quotes?

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Krissy Brady

Krissy Brady is a women’s health + lifestyle writer who’s so out of shape, it’s like she has the innards of an 80-year-old. Instead of learning how to crochet, she decided to turn her emotional baggage into a writing career (genius, no?). You can follow her shenanigans on Twitter (you know, if you want).