I Promise Quotes

I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then withdrawn.

And be these juggling friends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope.

He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

Being of no power to make his wishes good: His promises fly so beyond his state That what he speaks is all in debt; he owes For every word.

Passive perception promotes pessimism; Persistent perseverance promises prosperity

Never make a promise which you think is hard to keep. Never make a promise though!!

I'm gonna fight for you, until your heart stops beating.

The history of the world begins with a seed. The seed is the kernel of what you are, but it is also the promise of what you can become.

I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.

You know how I feel about you, Bluefur. I'd do my best to make you happy, I promise. And I'll love your kits as though they were my own.

I can't promise my child a life without bias - we're all biased - but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

Never run out on me again. No matter what happens, you stay and fight. Yell at me, argue, throw something at me, whatever you want to do, but never walk away from me. Promise me that.

Photography promises an enhanced mastery of nature, but photography also threatens conflagration and anarchy.

Well thank you, me old gobbler,' said Mr. Gum handing over some money that Billy William would later discover to be made out of lies and broken promises.

Promises to love without putting those words into action are just empty proposals. It's not tangible until it is actually seen. Love is action.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them, day after day. What you promise today must be renewed and redecided tomorrow and each day that stretches out before you.

I want Trump to send out a tweet saying that he's going to keep his campaign promises. He's not going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.

What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe - marriage.

There is no promise in the world that is okay to break.

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.

Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all.

If you break little promises, you'll break big ones.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

During my election campaign I was not giving out empty promises, but invited every member of society to join the efforts to work for a better life in Lithuania.

Purifying and sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise constitute the culminating steps in the process of being born again.

You cannot make promises because you never know what your next project will be.

I will not back down from defending America. I got elected on defense of our country. I keep my campaign promises, and our citizens will be very happy when they see the result.

Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.

Gather every promise. This is Jesus, the life of every grace, the life of every promise, the life of every ordinance, the life of every blessing.

Every principle has a promise.

Promises were made for people who do not trust each other.

Posterity does not pay off anything of the national debt. Each administration adds to the debt left to it, and the promise of liquidation implied in every bond issue is a false promise.

In show business, more showgirls are kept than promises.

With the advance of refrigeration, I hope that along with the frozen foods someday we will have frozen conversation. A person will be able to keep a frozen promise indefinitely.

What we needed were not words and promises but a steady accumulation of small realities.

My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.

Our politicians may fail us, but Status Quo always delivers on the promise.

God does not show us the whole way but only the next step. His promise is, "I will counsel you with my eye upon you".

I can't promise you forever, because that's not long enough.

Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread.

Your idea may not be exactly God's idea, but I can promise you this: God's way will be better than your way.

We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working.

Gary Bauer has done great things, ... I want to promise you again, you may agree with me, you may disagree with me, but I will do great things.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness.

Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.