„I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.“

„I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.“

—  Charlotte Perkins Gilman American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer 1860 - 1935

Source: The Yellow Wall-Paper

„Our mission is to advance a Culture of Life where everyone is welcomed in life and defended in law. Our objectives to that end are to reverse Roe and defeat Planned Parenthood. I believe both of these goals are achievable in our lifetime if we remain committed, focused, optimistic and strategic. Although of course, in the end, the battle is not ours -- our duty is to remain faithful to the calling before us. As you rightly say, we have to oppose the lie… and the best weapon in that effort is the light of truth.“

—  Charmaine Yoest American anti-abortion activist 1964

Interview with AUL Action's Charmaine Yoest on 'Open Letter to Barack Obama' http://www.catholic.org/news/national/story.php?id=30332 (October 31, 2008)

„Look, Nelson. Maybe I haven't done everything right in my life. I know I haven't. But I haven't committed the greatest sin. I haven't laid down and died."
"Who says that's the greatest sin?“

—  John Updike American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic 1932 - 2009

"Everybody says it. The church, the government. It's against Nature, to give up, you've got to keep moving. That's the thing about you. You're not moving. You don't want to be here, selling old man Springer's jalopies. You want to be out there, learning something." He gestures toward the west. "How to hang glide, or run a computer, or whatever."
Rabbit is Rich (1981)

„We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.“

—  Edwin Markham American poet 1852 - 1940

„I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anywhere. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.“

—  Mindy Kaling, book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

„I do take responsibility. When you’re in public life, even if you believe that it’s not an opinion that you think is fair or founded, you do have to take responsibility. And I do. And I also have, you know, very much committed to the best of my ability my energies and efforts to helping people. That’s something that I care deeply about. And I will continue to do that, to demonstrate by my past actions and my present levels of commitment and plans that people can count on me.“

—  Hillary Clinton American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady 1947

Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami (March 9, 2016)

„Plastic pollution free world is not a choice but a commitment to life - a commitment to the next generation.“

—  Amit Ray Indian author 1960

Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life (2015)

„As I’ve said before, this is not the life I chose; it chose me … But I accepted the responsibility and I’ve never wavered in my commitment.“

—  Benazir Bhutto 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan 1953 - 2007

Destiny’s daughter (2007)
Context: My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it’s not what I wanted to do. I would say, "No, Papa, I will never go into politics." As I’ve said before, this is not the life I chose; it chose me … But I accepted the responsibility and I’ve never wavered in my commitment.

„We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.“

—  Isabel Allende Chilean writer 1942

Source: Island Beneath the Sea

„I never felt settled or calm. You can't really commit to life when you feel that.“

—  Angelina Jolie American actress, film director, and screenwriter 1975

„Let us go on committing suicide by working among our people, and let them dream life just as the lake dreams the sky.“

—  Miguel de Unamuno, book San Manuel Bueno, Mártir

San Manuel Bueno, Mártir (1933), Prologue

„It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.“

—  Vincent Van Gogh Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853 - 1890

„In the final analysis, despite our diversity, there is only one type of vegan — a person who is committed to and practices reverence and respect for all life.“

—  Joanne Stepaniak American writer 1954

Source: Being Vegan (2000), p. 5

„There is, in fact, but one great crime in the universe, and most of the instances of terrestrial wrong-doing are instances of this crime. It is the crime of exploitation—the considering by some beings of themselves as ends, and of others as their means—the refusal to recognize the equal, or the approximately equal, rights of all to life and its legitimate rewards—the crime of acting toward others as one would that others would not act toward him. For millions of years, almost ever since life began, this crime has been committed, in every nook and quarter of the inhabited globe.“

—  J. Howard Moore 1862 - 1916

"The Ethics of Human Beings Toward Non-human Beings", pp. 276–277
The Universal Kinship (1906), The Ethical Kinship

„The work of Carl Sagan has been a profound influence in my life, and the life of every individual who recognizes the importance of humanity's ongoing commitment to the exploration of our universe.“

—  Seth MacFarlane American animator, actor, singer and television producer 1973

Quoted in Seth MacFarlane donates Carl Sagan's papers to Library of Congress http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/28/entertainment/la-et-st-seth-macfarlane-carl-sagan-library-congress-20120628, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2012.

„The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.“

—  Hubert H. Humphrey Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson 1911 - 1978

Remarks at the dedication of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, November 1, 1977, Congressional Record, November 4, 1977, vol 123, p. 37287.

„Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise.“

—  Charles Dickens, book Great Expectations

Source: Great Expectations (1860-1861), Ch. 27

„People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the experiences of life.“

—  Bernhard Schlink German writer 1944

„Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster. “

—  David Icke English writer and public speaker 1952