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Quotes About Promise

Si vienes aquí, puedo garantizarte que esta noche no regresarás a tu cama. ¿Me he expresado con claridad?
~ Stephanie Doyle
Jesse slipped her arm beneath his head and clutched him to her.Her body began rocking slowly, and as she did so Rides the Wind lay still again. His chest rose,the nostrils flared,and with great effort,he whispered through clenched teeth, "I will come for you." Jesse wanted to cry out,to stop the words, to hold back his farewell.But she sat clutching him to her,rocking. "I will ask the Father.And I will come for you.
~ Stephanie Grace Whitson
The day you took me as your wife, we promised, 'Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.' This promise was forever. I wish to be with Rides the Wind,among his people for all the time that God gives.
~ Stephanie Grace Whitson
Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.
~ Gustavo Gutiérrez
Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
~ Miguel de Cervantes
When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad.
~ Abdul Kalam
Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.
~ William Shakespeare
Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
~ Bryant H. McGill
Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.
~ Alexander Pope
The truth is: We serve a generous God. He delights in giving us opportunities beyond our capabilities. He has promised to equip us, and remain with us through each bend in the road.
~ David Jeremiah
Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
*Oh, I know I could say were through And tell myself I'm over you But even if I made a vow I promise not to miss you now And try to hide the truth inside I fell cause I, I just can't live a lie *
~ Carrie Underwood
I never lie- except for the few times I do in fact lie, but it's never intentional, and i'm totally telling the truth right now" She raised her right hand "promise".
~ Gena Showalter
Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .
~ Martin Luther
The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart.
~ Michael Chabon
Truth is non-negotiable and its promise is love.
~ Maria Erving
Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.
~ Idries Shah
The day after the darkest hour is always the most beautiful.
~ Wheston Chancellor Grove
The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.
~ Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising
If you're as good as your word, words should be good enough.
~ Rainbow Rowell, Carry On
He spoke again as if he hadn't just shattered his promise and her security. Her house of glass now lay in a pile of shards.
~ Aleatha Romig, Consequences
At the height of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln pledged that he, too, would work to restore the Jews to their homeland once America was reunited.
~ Michael B. Oren
Was it even possible to forgive the dead? Was forgiveness an emotion, or a transaction that required a partner? I had made a promise to someone who would never see it kept. I wanted to respect my grandfather's wish, and it would have been no trouble to evade my mother's question. Keeping secrets was the family business. But it was a business, it seemed to me, that none of us had ever profited from.
~ Michael Chabon