Promises Quotes

Ian was a good man—honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings, no matter how intense or gratifying they might be. He would never betray Harrowbeth. He would never cheat Derian or Angelle. He would never deceive his queen, even if in so doing he would find a love and happiness they both longed to share. His commitment to what he saw as right meant more.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What if God doesn’t keep his promises?

~ K. Howard Joslin

If I was a private individual, I'd be more careful; but being as I'm a government, I'm privileged to make a God-damned fool of myself in any way I choose, especially by spending a lot more money than I've got or ever will have, and promising to do things that I ain't got a chance of doing.

~ Kenneth Roberts

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

~ Shannon L. Alder

No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to rebuild after the Second War and it should not be forgotten. Of late, however, it seems as though the Goliath Corporation is falling far short of its promises of fairness and altruism. We are finding ourselves now in the unfortunate position of continuing to pay back a debt that has long since been paid--with interest...

~ Jasper Fforde

Pairs are made in HeavenPromises are take on Earth...

~ Shonali Dey

In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.

~ Machado De Assis

I know we are supposed to welcome anyone who vows to protect the kingdom, but really, anyone will do anything for a copper these days, and where pride and promises are saleable, expendable men come very cheap indeed.

~ Michelle Franklin

They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much.

~ Alice Hoffman

There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.

~ E.a. Bucchianeri

I am here not to let you fall alone, suffocate alone, quit life easy. I'll fight the fate for you and with you.

~ Parul Wadhwa

[Martin Luther King] said that little black boys and little black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls as sisters and brothers. Then he reminded both those spectators before him and all Americans that this hope of his, this faith, was rooted in the promise of America.

~ Keith Ellison

Never give up on walking right. Something you have to remember is that God’s fulfilled promises take patience and faith! Having faith believes in not what you SEE but what you BELIEVE.

~ Chloe M. Gooden

It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ and Mediator will remain to the end safe from all danger, for what is said of the body of the Church belongs to each of its members since they are one in Christ.

~ John Calvin

The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has demonstrated her ability to carry it out, she remains in danger of repeated abuse.

~ Judith Lewis Herman

Can we make promises to each other, as if we were truly married? Can we swear to be true and faithful and love only each other and all those things? Because I'm in such pain, Margherita, I need to have you, I need to know that you're mine. I've been in torment since I first saw you. No, since I first heard you singing from you tower height. Please, mia bella bianca, please let us swear to each other. Love breaks all spells, I know it does. Wear my ring and let me know-She stopped his words with her mouth, cupping both hands about his face. Then she sat back to show him the ring on her finger. I swear it all. Is that good enough? Because I really need you to kiss me again.

~ Kate Forsyth

White bridal dresses stunning and pure, bringing promises, binding two souls together, life forces connected, holding the same vision.

~ Jennifer Lynch

When we get married, we promise a person the rest of our lives, Til death do us part. But what if in another life we promised someone forever? What if ten lifetimes ago we promised someone lifetime after lifetime after lifetime? Think about it. Maybe that's why marriages fail when they do fail. Because maybe promises are never really broken.

~ C. Joybell C.

O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely

~ William Shakespeare

O, that's a brave man! He writes brave versrs, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely

~ William Shakespeare

God promises you a way out. Find that way out, and take it.

~ Craig Groeschel

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform

~ Idries Shah

Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.

~ Tamora Pierce

The promises you speak over your children can take on the weight of destiny.

~ Neil Kennedy

I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

There is no value in your promises. They are as hollow as fangs and poisonous as the venom within them once I allowed them into my heart.

~ Jason E. Hodges

Promises are only as strong as the person who gives them ...

~ Stephen Richards

In this town, white politicians and black ministers seemed to go together like tears and tissues. At election time, the pols got religion and came looking for the blessings of black ministers as a way to get black votes without providing the kinds of services to black communities that they at least promised to East Boston and Charlestown and the other mostly white Boston neighborhoods.

~ Barbara Neely

A promise fulfilled may be a classic moment, but prophecies mean anticlimax. How much more awesome was an unexpected salvation?

~ China Miéville

He leveled his gaze on her—the intensity there whispering promises she couldn’t fathom—and she shivered.

~ Katherine Mcintyre

When expectations delay for too long, doubt draw nearer in haste and patience goes farther

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Collectively, as a people, we have to upgrade our standards and expectations of our political leaders and ourselves, hold them and our own selves accountable for the promises we make, and insist on specifics – projects, deadlines, processes, funds to be committed, and follow-up! Otherwise, we will continue to be dribbled and deceived, and nothing would get done.

~ Nana Awere Damoah

It was a vow we made those long years ago. Neither of us spoke of it afterwards, but it hung between us like a spider web, fragile and easy to break, but danged hard to get shed of once the threads took hold.

~ Cassie Dandridge Selleck

I disliked promises on principle because my conscience made me keep them.

~ Robin Mckinley

He promised us that everything would be OK. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be OK. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.

~ Jonathan Safran Foer

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

~ Georgette Heyer

Most empty promises are a result of excitement.

~ Cyc Jouzy

You promised you would protect her Nico said. He might as well have stabbed me with a rusty dagger.It would've hurt less than reminding me of my promise.

~ Rick Riordan

So friendship is all about ignoring?...Fake smiles?...Lies...Promises which get broken?...

~ Deyth Banger

Promises are born broken, to fix them you keep them..

~ Jenim Dibie