Emotional Commitment Quotes

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new.

I'm never gonna date again, because I can't imagine meeting a woman that's good enough for my daughters.

Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole life with that person. Liking somebody is just like, 'Okay, I like them because of this, this and this, but I don't knkow if I am ready to be in love with them'.

There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are.

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.

When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.

To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.

True love is a process. True love requires personal action.

The one who chooses to love will find appropriate ways to express that decision everyday.

The greater our commitment, the more likely our love will last.

A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.

My grandfather used to write one sentence every day in his journal: 'I love Anne more than ever today.' I think that was his meditation - keeping him in his marriage, and also his appreciation for it. It was very touching.

Logic doesn't really provide for loyalty. If your logic changes suddenly and things not make sense, you can alter your allegiance, but love stops you from being able to do that.

Saying "I love you" makes a demand, but creates no obligations.

Falling in love is really relatively easy compared to staying in love and building a family that lasts.

The only way one can guarantee one's loyalty is love. Loyalty is beyond logic, really.

I know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it's true now.

A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They’re afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain ‘cool’ for the rest of their lives, until they’re dead—then they’re really cool.

I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. And maybe that's true of beginnings, but it's not true of this, now.

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

I want a permanent relationship, and I might feel inclined to reject anything which of its nature could not be permanent.

I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.