Committed Quote by James A. Baldwin Download Open image “To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.” — James A. Baldwin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Committed Danger
“People find it very difficult to act on what they know. To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
To be committed means you are willing to make a promise with no exception of return. — Peter Block Copy Share Image
When we do what we have to do we are compliant. When we do what we choose to do we are committed. — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
To act, in its most general sense, means to take an initiative, to begin... to set something into motion. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Commitment . . . is a binding, but happy, response to duty. It is at once peaceful yet compelling, for it obligates one to… — James M. Paramore Copy Share Image
I committed to acting. I believe if you fully commit to something, it'll happen. — Noah Centineo Copy Share Image
One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The white man discovered the Cross by way of the Bible, but the black man discovered the Bible by way of the Cross. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians, good guys… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this,… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet it is precisely… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a people more infantile in my life. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to rise, or… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
I've been around in public life for a long time. I think people know what I stand for. They know that I have strong… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
One lesson to learn is that the press and the broadcasters are not neutral. And it seems we have to learn it each time… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
If you don't plan to live the Christian life totally committed to knowing your God and to walking in obedience to Him, then don't… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
There is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory. — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
We all have that desire for something special, something committed. We all want to be The One. — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic situation, because… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
Sitting in your garden is a feat to be worked at with unflagging determination and single-mindedness. . . . I am deeply committed to… — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God. — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
