- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Committing Quotes
Lines about choosing a path and staying resolved to it.
This page gathers quotes about the moment of committing to a decision, a cause, or a new direction, including reflections on leaders urging deeper understanding before committing to change. It's a useful stop if you're weighing a big choice in your own community or career.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Fraud
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the polls.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government leaders should get up to speed on the blockchain by understanding it first and committing to exploring its potential.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among young people, often a key factor in them committing suicide is the trauma of transient relationships. They throw themselves into a friendship or network of friendships, then it collapses and they're desolate.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because the hash marks are narrower in the pros, the ball's always closer to the middle of the field. So if you're a defensive back, you can wait a lot longer before committing to a certain part of the field.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Epic MegaGrants, we're reinvesting in all areas of the Unreal Engine development community and also committing to accelerate the open sourcing of content, tools, and knowledge.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big meetings and big talk are not enough in a world that is hungry for change. Big action - world leaders keeping their promises, and developing countries committing resources while listening ardently to the voice of the small farmer - is needed to bring big results and prosperity to the world's poor.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your motive!' Whereas things like blackmail, jealousy - they're rational reasons for committing murder.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you buy a company at an auction, and you are committing yourself to pay some $300 million to the state because it was a privatization deal, and you don't pay it, is it OK? Isn't it something that deserves court procedures?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history, the President's policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future.
- Lights
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't want A.I. to engage in cyberbullying, stock manipulation, or terrorist threats; we don't want the F.B.I. to release A.I. systems that entrap people into committing crimes. We don't want autonomous vehicles that drive through red lights, or worse, A.I. weapons that violate international treaties.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020