Quotes About Promise

the social scientist who lacks a mathematical mind and regards a mathematical formula as a magic recipe, rather than as the formulation of a supposition, does not hold forth much promise. A mathematical formula is never more than a precise statement. […] The chief merit of mathematization is that it compels us to become conscious of what we are assuming.

Like manna that fell for the Israelites, His grace falls, enough for today and then again for tomorrow.

I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

I love you, Reynard Boulton," she said, gazing into his eyes. "I promise to love you with all my heart and to stay by you and encourage and strengthen you... to be truthful and faithful and kind to you, to always think the best of you... and to share my hopes and decisions and joys with you, in good times and in bad. I will be your compass, your helpmate, your defender, and the keeper of your heart. I will love you as long as there is breath in my body... and beyond even that.

That was the trouble with life—it never quite fulfilled its promises.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. ISAIAH 43:1

Someday, Sarah, someone will come along and give you the moon, and the stars too.

We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Matthew 18:19," he said. "Wow. It says, 'If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

The power that brought Jesus Christ back from the grave is the same power that today can meet our every need—body, mind, and spirit.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.

And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble...for the Lord, your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.

We kept our promise to remove all American troops from Iraq -- Iraqi cities. We kept our promise to end our combat mission last August and to reduce our forces in Iraq to 50,000. At the end of this month, we will keep our promise to remove our remaining troops from Iraq, which, when we came to office, numbered 140,000 American forces. Where I come from, where the President comes from, a promise made is a promise kept. And we are keeping our promise.

My dad used to say, "Without your word, you're not a man."

Galatians 3:22

Our land of new promise will be a nation that meets its obligations, a nation that balances its budget, but never loses the balance of its values.

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

John recorded that Jesus gave this promise four times (see John 14:16, 25; 15:26; 16:7). Other translations use different words to describe what Jesus would send, such as Counselor, Comforter, advocate, another to befriend you, and someone else to stand by you.