Making a Commitment Quotes

I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

Don’t tell me that it is tough. It is at least as tough as you think it is. But what is the alternative? It is to do nothing?

Fifteen-year-old LeAnn Rimes singing about commitment? You want to go, 'Yeah, right.'

I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.

In the end, what counts is what you do.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

When I had signed my first film, I had not even told my family about it.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

There's a difference between standing up and telling people what you're planning to do and standing up and going and accomplishing something.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Every day you don't do something, it makes it less likely that you will ever do something. So you've got to get started right away.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

I don't want to be a guy that's just out there to be out there; I want to play and contribute.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.

For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'

I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.

There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move - and he, in turn, waits for you.

I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

I always knew I wanted to act, but I never knew when and what would be the right time.

At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.