Quotes About Oath

Nothing but the recollection of his oath gave him strength to proceed.

Una alianza debe ser sellada cara a cara, hombre a hombre, hierro a hierro, y sangre a sangre.

He'd been happy to swear it when things were going well and supposed he couldn't just unswear it the moment things turned dicey. What kind of an oath would it be then?

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

The French tried to disappear into the crowds but were identified by being forced to exclaim the Flemish oath "Schild en Vriendt" (buckler and friend). Many of the town's ruling class - who, although bilingual, perhaps did not have good enough Flemish accents – perished, too.

Since taking the oath of office as our state's 36th Governor, I've met so many dedicated state workers that take great pride in being hard-working public servants.

I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep pushing in that direction.

Of all the warriors that have ever been born in this land, he is the mightiest; and he has sworn a great oath that he will die in the field, with his face turned toward the false worshippers who believe that the son of Joseph was God.

When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend our Constitution, I did so willingly.

Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.

Nie ma takiego klamstwa, ktorego nie mozna wypowiedziec, aby dojsc do prawdy. Nie ma takiej przysiegi, ktorej nie mozna zlamac, aby ocalic wiernosc.

AFFIDATION  (AFFIDA'TION)  AFFIDATURE  (AFFIDA'TURE)  n.s.[from  affido, Lat.See AFFIED.] Mutual contract; mutual oath of fidelity. Dict.

He stood suspended till I had speaking; and then, bowing, sat down again; but, as Mr. Reeves told me afterwards, he whispered a great oath in his ear, and declared, that he beheld with transport his future wife; and cursed himself if he would ever have another; vowing, in the same whisper, that were a thousand men to stand in his way, he would not scruple any means to remove them.

In the Book of Genesis, God creates the world in six days and seals his covenant with humanity on the seventh. Because of this, the Hebrew verb used for swearing a covenant oath is, literally translated, "to seven oneself.

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?

To respect the institutions; accomplish the oath and responsibilities, and enforce and effectuate the justice, honesty, and welfare equally to each one since that empower, and build unity; consequently, no one can undo your State values and dignity.

Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.

But at the same time, I swore an oath by the morning star to avenge the deaths of Vilis and Hinerio. And some day I shall! With proper plans and help and a new cover. More than one high potentate of the Thieves' Guild will learn how it feels to have his weasand narrowed a fingerclip's breadth at a time, aye, and worse things!

God as my witness, may He strike me down if this allegation is true.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand.

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.