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Quotes About Promise

Trust in tomorrow...Every day of your life, there's been a tomorrow. I promise you, there'll be a tomorrow. —Alex Morales to Miranda Evans
~ Susan Beth Pfeffer
God never promised us a trouble-free life.
~ Joyce Meyer
I nursed a worthless, pint drinker for twelve years and when my lazy, life-sucking, daddy finally died, I swore to God with tears in my eyes I'd never marry one. And then I did.
~ Kathryn Stockett
I am better now. Word of honour: I am better now.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Eshe, I want to spend my life with you." "Good," she whispered back. "That was the plan.
~ Lynsay Sands
The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family.
~ Marty Walsh
The New Frontier I speak of is not a set of promises -- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intent to ask of them.
~ John F. Kennedy
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!
~ John Flanagan
We're going to see Ragnak," Halt told him. "He's going to have to promise to free every slave who fights for Hallasholm." Will shook his head doubtfully. "He won't like that," he said. Halt turned and looked at him, a faint grin touching the corner of his mouth. He'll hate it," he agreed.
~ John Flanagan
I'll find you, Will!" Then the wind filled the big, square sail of the wolfship and she heeled away from the shore, moving faster and faster towards the northeast. For a long time after she'd dropped below the horizon, the sodden figure sat there, his horse chest-deep in the rolling waves, staring after the ship. And his lips still moved, in a silent promis only he could hear.
~ John Flanagan
Pi' o' the li'er,' he said and for a moment Will frowned, trying to decipher the words. Then he had it. When he had left Shadow with Trobar, he had told the giant, 'If she ever has pups, I want the pick of the litter.' 'Pick of the litter?' he translated now and Trobar beamed, holding the little, squirming shape out to him. 'For you, Wi' Trea'y.
~ John Flanagan
Dat lijkt me nauwelijks een eerlijk gevecht,' zei de baron. Maddie deed expres alsof ze hem niet goed begreep. 'Ik weet het,' zei ze. 'Maar ik beloof hem niet heel erg pijn te doen.
~ John Flanagan
A god who brings you good and bad in equal amounts doesn't ask for much, " she said. "Maybe a prayer or two. Maybe the odd sacrifice of a beast. But a god who promises only good times?" She shook her head and made the warding sign against evil. "A god like that will always want something from you.
~ John Flanagan
The foundation of the old covenant was based on law and said "do or die." The new covenant is based on grace and says, "It is finished, only believe." That is not a better version of the same covenant; that is a radical and new covenant based on different and better promises.
~ John G. Reisinger
1) Did God specifically promise to make a new covenant, or did he promise a new administration of the same covenant? (2) Was the Old Covenant made with Israel at Sinai or was it made with Adam in the Garden? What does Scripture say? The great difference between the nation of Israel and the Gentiles was that of 'having the law' as a covenant and the gospel as a promise, as opposed to 'not having the law' and being without a covenant or hope
~ John G. Reisinger
The sabbath was the sign of the covenant that God made with Israel and therefore it had to be part of the covenant document of which it was the sign.
~ John G. Reisinger
The New Testament Scriptures showing the fulfillment of the three offices prophesied in Old Testament Scriptures clearly demonstrate the failure and end of the old covenant and all it brought into being. A totally new covenant has fulfilled the promises of the old covenant and completely replaced it. The church has a new Prophet, a new Priest, and a new King.
~ John G. Reisinger
if you don't regard your word as a sacred covenant, then there is nothing in you I can honor ...
~ John Geddes
never be disappointing - you may wound me, but you must never be disappointing...
~ John Geddes
You won't age? I promise you this - your hands will go shiny and transparent and at the slightest bruise they'll bleed...
~ John Geddes A Familiar Rain
Generally speaking, all true children's stories make promises to their readers. Here you are, they say, unhandy and short, and there is a big world that one day will be yours. Listen to how it happened for Cinderella once upon a time, and Jack with his beanstalk, and Aladdin with his lamp.
~ John Goldthwaite
Maybe 'okay' will be our 'always
~ John Green