I really don’t like the idea of finding deep thoughts on the side of a Starbucks coffee cup, but this one just jumped at me from Hala Moddelmog:
There is a subtle difference between a mission and a promise. A mission is something you strive to accomplish–a promise is something you are compelled to keep. One is individual, the other is shared. When a mission and a promise are one and the same…that’s when mountains are moved and races are won.
How often in life are such things truly shared?