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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If you’re not weird, you’re lying. Here’s a round-up of inspirational quotes for the beautiful freaks in the house. You’re welcome.

1. A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. –Seneca
2. Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. –St. Francis De Sales
3. Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd. –Anonymous
4. I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. –Mahatma Gandhi
5. Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out? –Oliver James
6. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. –Mark Twain
8. Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. –Marilyn Monroe
9. You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. –Maya Angelou
10. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. –Allen Ginsberg
11. Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else –Judy Garland
12. If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it. – Frank Zappa
13. A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants. –Coco Chanel
14. Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are. –Lady Gaga
15. Be Yourself – not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be. –Henry David Thoreau
16. Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses. –Brian Tracy
17. Never dull your shine for somebody else. –Tyra Banks
18. You are you. Now, isn’t that pleasant? –Dr. Seuss
19. Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for. –Oliver James
20. Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got. –Janis Joplin
21. Find out who you are and do it on purpose. –Dolly Parton
22. We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us. –Virginia Satir
23. Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. –Kongzi
24. When one is pretending the entire body revolts. –Anaïs Nin
25. Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. –Kurt Cobain
26. Where’s your will to be weird? –Jim Morrison
27. I’m the pink sheep in the family. –Alexander McQueen
28. I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. –Johnny Depp
29. Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own. –Angelina Jolie
30. Taking into account the public’s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in. –Janeane Garofalo
31. I am not afraid… I was born to do this. –Joan of Arc

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Many try to achieve success, but do we, as a society, have the wrong idea?  Here is a round up of 31 motivational quotes on success from people who have lived it by putting in hard work and perseverance, and never looked back to gloat.    

Quotes on Success

1. Work hard in silence, let success be your noise. -Frank Ocean

2. Success is not a doorway, it is a staircase. -Dottie Walters

3. One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. -Friedrich Nietzsche

4. Self-trust is the first secret of success. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. -Steve Jobs

6. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.  Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ -Brian Tracy

7. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. -Bruce Lee

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8. I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. -Estee Lauder

9. Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. -Thomas Edison

10. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. –Maya Angelou

11. A successful life is nothing more than a series of successful days. -Thomas D. Willhite

12. Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. –Amos Bronson Alcott

13. Success is a result, not a goal. -Gustave Flaubert

14. I must admit, I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to their fellow human beings.  -Margaret Mead

15. Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. -Marilyn Vos Savant

16. Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. -Stephen King

17. If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it! -Jonathan Winters

18. If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. –Will Rogers

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19. If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut. –Albert Einstein

20. Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. -Dan Millman

21. However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them. -Francesca Annis

22. Success is measured by what you do after they tell you ‘no.’ -Baylor Barbee

23. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. -Robert Collier

24. Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. -Elvis Presley

25. Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. -David Frost

26. The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. -Ayn Rand

27. Eighty percent of success is showing up. -Woody Allen

28. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. -Florence Nightingale

29. I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby

30. Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. –Napoleon Hill

31. It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. –William James

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