Committing Quotations

We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our lives. We can start with our reasonable service: prayer, studying, fasting, tithing, fellowshipping, and witnessing.

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.

I had to think ahead. How much would I really enjoy committing five or seven years to working on this? When you're an unemployed actor offered a TV pilot, no matter who you are you're tempted by the good hunk of change to be made. It keeps you out of the unemployment line.

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.

Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.

You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited to religious fanatics committing mass murder and suicide for the greater glory of God.

Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our country to: the complications and consequences of endeavors.

I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family.

The Boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay forever young or to stop aging. But it is possible, by committing to show up for others in community after community, to earn a measure of immortality.

If taking one-self seriously as a woman means committing to a life of grooming, pumicing, pruning and polishing one's exterior for the benefit of onlookers, then I may as well leave my unwieldy rucksack to the top of a bleak Scottish hill and make my home there under a stone, where I'll fashion shoes out of mud and clothes out of leaves.

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.

It's fantastic for Arsenal, and for English football as well. You've got an English club with a lot of young English talent committing themselves to a club.

Either we need to redefine what probable cause means and say that police are not subject to it, or we arrest officers right away just as we would with any other person accused of committing a crime. Either we write new laws or enforce existing ones; we cannot have it both ways.

For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.

If you tie a man's hands there is nothing moral about his not committing murder.

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits.

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.

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

We haven't even gotten a start date but we'll see what happens with that and that will be fun. I've gotten a couple of other things but I'm not really committing myself to anything yet.

You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great if they can bring that issue to public attention. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was interested in committing to something that I could function in whether I was Debra Winger or not. Because nobody might care about that next week.

If hackers, if anyone committing a criminal act, wants to reduce their risk, they obviously don't involve anybody else. The greater the circle of people that know what you're doing, the higher the risk.

More and more people are committing to go,

Let's assume he has the opportunity to make a documentary for TV for $7 million. It's not going to make much of a difference, is it? Not worth committing a crime over?

Obviously, we struggle right now with our perimeter shooting and play. We didn't make them pay as much as we would have hoped for their committing multiple defenders to McGrady. (Bowen) can make (shots). I'm disappointed in his lack of confidence. I have more confidence in him than he has in himself.

No one else is entitled to these records, the businesses who try to get them are committing a kind of identity theft which we're calling 'records rip-off'.

My concern is that he has only looked after much smaller pockets of money before this. People will want to see how he proves himself before committing money.

If the same punishment is prescribed for two crimes that injure society in different degrees, then men will face no stronger deterrent from committing the greater crime if they find it in their advantage to do so.

If we do nothing, we will lose the business we already have to a growing number of competitors, including Bermuda, (the Cayman Islands), Gibraltar, Luxembourg and Singapore. These jurisdictions are committing increased financial and personnel resources to develop their satellite industries.

We're not blowing the whistles. We're not committing the fouls. We're not the ones making the calls.

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?

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.

Solidarity is of the opinion that New Holland is committing a grave error in doing away with so many jobs and in moving the manufacturing plant to Johannesburg.

Sikirica as camp commander is accused of genocide, violation of laws and custom of war and grave breaches of the Geneva Convention as well as being criminally responsible for the acts of subordinates in committing murder, torture, inhuman acts and crimes against humanity,

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Gibson Southern was committing eight in the box to try to stop our running game, kind of daring us to pass. We had some kids make some big plays, but I still don't think we are even close to where we should be on the offensive line.

I am committing all the necessary resources of the company to address these issues, ... We will continue to work closely with the FDA in order to deliver on our promise to bring these innovative new medicines to patients as quickly as possible.

I am committing myself to doing everything possible to pull the resources together to aid the children of not only Cambodia, but the children of all the countries in the world.

I am committing to play at the University of Kentucky. It's a beautiful place to play. They have great fans. It's a great atmosphere. I came up for my visit this past weekend, and I was really amazed how the fans really appreciate basketball.

GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

If Anthony Wright has a chance of going some place as a starter, he should and we'll encourage and help him in all that we can. Short of someone totally committing to Anthony under those terms, we very much want Anthony back. He understands that.

For those who are looking to lead healthier lives there is no better time to make smart dietary choices and adopt healthy habits. By committing to a weight loss program, millions of Americans will improve their overall health, have more energy, reduce their risk of heart disease, and of course, shed pounds in time for the summer.

Ignore how it feels when the only real talent you have is for hiding the truth. You have a God-given knack for committing a terrible sin. You have a natural gift for denial. A blessing.

Businesses remain confident in the economic outlook and are committing to significant capital investments.

China is a country ruled by law, and anyone violating the law and committing crimes will be punished by law.

Because she was terrorized. I mean she felt like committing suicide within three hours. She was actually considering whether to throw herself out of the 10th floor window into the Pentagon Mall below. She was intimidated.

We've got to put more emphasis on putting resources towards social problems that lead to a lot of the crime. When you have 40 percent of high school dropouts committing crimes, that can lead to a life of crime.

If the first committing to memory is a very careful and long continued one, the difference will be greater than if it is desultory and soon abandoned.

Greg is very dedicated to the study of science and should be commended for committing his time to assist ESA with their program. We hope to continue this collaboration of efforts with future clients as well.

he shouldn't be committing to case after case.

I remember when I was first committing here we saw that the Frozen Four was going to be in Milwaukee when I would be a junior, so it's kind of a cool thing. Now I'm here, and now we're going there.

Jeff was outstanding, striking out 11 batters. The defense also played a good game behind him not committing an error.

Our goal was to look for ways to increase the average exercise regimen, and we found being responsible for a pet, such as committing to walk a loaner dog, encouraged people who did not own dogs to walk more often and for longer periods of time.

It is doing its work and those who are committing these crimes will in the end be brought to account.

Justice can help reduce sexual violence: bringing to justice those soldiers responsible for sexual violence discourages other soldiers from committing such crimes.

I think that Working Hearts is a wonderful example, with the providers in the health-care community coming together and committing to the important cause of recognizing and treating women with heart disease.

I think the fear was, in an election year, if people were going to be worried about spending this kind of money or committing these kind of resources. I think the debate has shifted, where people know that we need to make these improvements in our transportation system.

I think these are all very precarious relationships, ... Often there are really no more than a piece of paper committing management and unions to cooperative relationships. If a new CEO is no longer committed to it he can simply rip up the cooperative relationship and that would be the end of it.

Remarkably, within minutes of being released he was committing another burglary.

Our government is based upon a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. The actions taken by the president undermine the very foundations of our country. We urge the relevant Congressional committees to investigate how the president abused his power as our chief executive. We applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter for committing to hold oversight hearings. The American people deserve to know the truth.

Our willingness to win. I think, by saying that, it covers all aspects of the game: our willingness to win for 48 minutes, being aggressive, trusting each other. All that. Just committing to the team.

Over 700 investors, a number of them retirees, were defrauded by this scheme. Significant sentences send a strong message to those who would consider committing securities fraud.

Our goal here is to get John Kerry to sit down and talk with these guys. Get a chance to tell them why he branded them as war criminals, why he accused them of committing war-time atrocities,

I think this is the best way to deter high-risk offenders -- including sexual predators -- from committing new crimes because we will know where they are if it happens.

I think weve gotten better every game and weve talked to the guys about committing themselves to defending as a team,

I think we've gotten better every game, ... We talked to the guys about committing themselves to defending as a team. We don't know where our goals are going to come from. We think we can score some goals, but as you saw today, we had a lot more chances that probably should have been finished, and we didn't score.

It can dive to 3,000 meters and stay submerged for an hour. It will only come into such shallow waters if it is ill. But in doing so it is committing suicide.

I think we gave Geneva their first seven points of the match, ... We were committing a lot of errors out there. We had to get some kind of offense going and we didnt do that.

I think we gave Geneva their first seven points of the match. We were committing a lot of errors out there. We had to get some kind of offense going and we didn't do that.

I think we got back on track. We played a smart game and we hustled. We stood our ground on defense and made them shoot over us, which is much better than what we were doing, which was over-pursuing, committing silly fouls and giving up easy baskets.

You know when I really realized like 'wow' what a gift this is was when I sang at camp and a girl wrote me a letter and said the song that I sung kept her from committing suicide.

Those who are committing these acts have nothing to do with Islam or with Lebanon. This is absolutely not the way we express our opinions.

We have not changed our strategy. We're committing to defending these cases one at a time.

We have a tendency to get helter-skelter when we start our transition game. I think we did a better job of keeping the floor spread in the second half and not committing as many turnovers.

Whether your breast or bottle feed, it's important for you to hold eye contact and to understand what you're committing to.

Yes, that is a subjective phrase, but I believe every officer that signs it understands its scope. But that's not to mean that the Police Department becomes Big Brother. If your private life adversely or negatively impacts this profession, you're probably committing an ethical transgression.

We have taken a number of steps to put a more robust export compliance system in place. And what we're committing to do in this agreement is to continue working with them to make sure we are in compliance.

We played pretty well, committing one error. It was good to see sound defense. With our young team, it'll take awhile for our hitting to catch up; so many guys are seeing varsity pitching for the first time.

What we need now is to deter people from committing these crimes, and I think best way is to have more police.

We did not commit a single error in the game. When you can go five innings in high school baseball without committing an error, you improve your chances of winning.

There is merit in that argument. I see no logic, though, in committing coaching suicide as per the Welsh.

We recognize that this is not a silver bullet, but laws reduce the number of people committing certain crimes.

We are playing good baseball right now, we are not committing turnovers like we were earlier in the year.

We are running out of road on decision making -- unless we dramatically change the use of fossil fuels we will be committing future generations to the most severe impacts of climate change.

When the party finished, he saw these two individuals again on the outer portion and he thought to himself -- he actually contemplated -- committing a sexual act on these two people.

Well the ten commandments is not the law of the land obviously if one covets they are not committing a crime under Indiana law.

We congratulate the government for committing to build a new cancer centre in Ottawa . This is very good news for the people in this area who will be diagnosed with cancer in the years to come. It means that patients in Ottawa and the surrounding area will have better and more timely cancer care.

We have been in discussions with AT&T, and the discussions continue. But we are not committing on the specifics.

The reason we're keeping 50 people on the project and committing a large amount of money is we believe there's a large market potential. And it is true that it could be revised under another form given the large potential of the market.

We would like to thank (British tabloid) News of the World for helping us to detect Mr Glitter committing crime in Vietnam.

We have to get at what's really going on here, what are the underlying causes, why are people committing the crimes?

We're not going to win many games committing five errors.

won't keep bonding out and committing similar crimes.

We're running down with speed and we have a lot of guys playing with great effort and enthusiasm. It's just guys committing themselves to going out and doing their jobs. We're working hard during the week and then finishing it up on Sundays.

There is no plan, and there is no proposal, and there is no idea of committing American forces in Colombia to do anything but ... providing training.

We found that being responsible for a pet, such as committing to walk a loaner dog, encouraged people who did not own dogs to walk more often and for longer periods.

Bill keeps them out of the hospitals, keeps them from isolating or committing suicide.

What people ultimately start doing is they start committing more people to them.

When I read in US Weekly the other day that she was fifty-nine, ... I was like, 'whoa, dude, no way she's old enough to be my mother.' Being with somebody that old is like committing incest, only you're not related.

Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.