Best Commitments Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“The superstar players cannot play too much because they have a lot of pressure. They have other commitments.”

“My commitments are for Punjabi films - I want to work for the industry to uplift it.”

“I am going to oblige all my TV commitments, and if films work out, I will make a graceful exit.”

“I will not leave my South films for a Hindi film. I want to be sincere to my South film makers and commitments. Only if my dates are not clashing with any of my South films will I do Hindi films.”

“The place where we keep our clothes isn't always the only place where we keep our commitments.”

“Very strong declarations were made by those countries who are most responsible for global warming... the United States and China, which undertook commitments towards changing the situation.”

“There's always going to be a ball up in the air, and what I try to do is make sure that ball is never the kids. If that means sacrificing a social event or having fewer work commitments, it's worth it.”

“It's hard to balance work-life commitments and sometimes you feel you're not doing anything particularly well.”

“I will also fulfill my profession commitments as an actor as I would not let the actor in me die after joining politics.”

“My family matters most to me, even though so much of our daily lives and commitments make it so difficult to be as present with those you love as you might wish.”

“I'm not a fan of early commitments. I just think people right now are handcuffing players, pressuring players and I don't want to do that.”

“Some artists don't want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They'll say, 'You make the decisions and tell me what to do.' I want to be in on all of it. If there's a meeting where commitments are made that I have to carry out, I want to be there.”

“After six prison commitments, at the end of those, I was more broken than when I went into the system.”

“Most actresses have multiple commitments, from films to endorsements, that require us to maintain a particular look over a long period. Hence, there is never an opportunity to experiment with hair, so we just settle for a neutral look that we can work with across projects.”

“I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.”

“My kids are growing up, but due to work commitments, I wasn't able to spend time with them.”

“The responsibility for keeping our commitments to veterans falls on the federal government.”

“We will maintain and honor the commitments made to people in the IPERS system.”

“I only come out and interact socially and even speak only when need be for work or other social commitments.”

“The unfortunate part of being an actor-politician is that people feel an actor will not take her political commitments seriously.”

“You can't walk away from your responsibilities and commitments.”

“You've got to be able to go 100 miles per hour in the ring, out of the ring, partying, and you've still got to make all your commitments.”

“Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.”

“Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.”

“Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.”

“As a shadow minister I've been working with the Treasury team for years and they've been clear we couldn't make unfunded commitments.”

“I'm 30; I don't have any commitments, and there are great parts out there that I want to play.”

“Zero-hours contracts offer an entry point for people who are either new to the workforce or have commitments that make it hard to work full-time.”

“I had been getting several Kannada film offers ever since 'Premam.' While a few of them did excited me as the roles I was offered were interesting, I couldn't be a part of them due to my previous and ongoing commitments.”

“Innovation requires a novel approach to scientific problem solving, higher level of resource commitments over much longer time durations.”

“But with lots of good ideas, implementation is the key, and so we need to keep our eye on the ball as we go forward and make sure that people honor their pledges in terms of financial commitments, and that we actually use this money so that it makes a real difference.”

“The American military is always prepared to protect our interests, and live up to our commitments.”

“With my resignation, I... left unfulfilled commitments I made to many comrades in the fight, commitments I hold sacred. My service did not end as I would have wished.”

“I often think about what my replacement will do after I'm fired. She won't have emotional commitments to decisions that I already regret.”

“It's a very good thing to teach kids to finish what they started in the sense of fulfilling their commitments. So when my daughter told me on the second track meet that she was done with it because she discovered she didn't like competing, I made her finish the season.”

“In devoting more time and attention to fewer commitments, we can have a bigger impact on the things that matter most.”

“We can't let government make long-term commitments that it may not be able to keep.”

“Work has been my lover - I've shied away from any commitments.”

“Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments?”

“Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.”

“There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans. One of my goals is to give social security to all the people.”

“It is of considerable importance that politicians stick to their commitments or do not make such commitments in the first place.”

“We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.”

“Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.”

“We must keep the promises and commitments we've made to our military veterans by ensuring needed services and care are always available and delivered in a timely fashion.”

“Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.”

“There are certain TV shows that probably would have made me rich, and there are certain commitments I could have made that probably would have raised a lot of eyebrows that I didn't. But I don't look back at those decisions and say, 'Oh God, I'm such an idiot.'”

“It has been an honour to present BBC 'Sports Personality Of The Year' for the last 19 years and I have loved every minute of it. The BBC have asked me to stay but I had made the decision to downsize my commitments a while ago, and I knew that the time would be right after what was always set to be a magical 2012.”

“I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.”

“All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.”

“Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.”

“Being a good race car driver is one thing, but to take all the time commitments and all the pushing and pulling and learning when to say no - because you need to rest or focus on the things you need to do to make the car go fast - those are the hardest things to learn and the most distracting things to learn.”

“Take it from someone who's never managed to keep a New Year's resolution: making commitments is easy. Keeping them is what is hard.”

“If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?”

“Marriage is no longer the only place where people make major life transitions and decisions, enter into commitments, or incur obligations.”

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

“I think I want to show fans what it is actually like to be an athlete. Tennis is a part of it, but there is also another job that people are not aware of, the media commitments we have, and I want them to understand this.”

“I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself.”

“Tony Visconti and I had been wanting to work together again for a few years now. Both of us had fairly large commitments and for a long time we couldn't see a space in which we could get anything together.”

“Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.”

“Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.”

“Honor your commitments with integrity.”

“I was free with every road as my home. No limitations and no commitments. But then summer passed and winter came and I fell short for safety. I fell for its spell, slowly humming me to sleep, because I was tired and small, too weak to take or handle those opinions and views, attacking me from every angle. Against my art, against my self, against my very way of living. I collected my thoughts, my few possessions and built isolated walls around my values and character. I protected my own definition of beauty and success like a treasure at the bottom of the sea, for no one saw what I saw, or felt the same as I did, and so I wanted to keep to myself.”

“How much do you love me?”

“Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.”