Quotes About Promise

Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.

Yes! Let's swim!" said Jess. "Though you must promise not to stare in dismay at my podge when you see me in my bikini!" "And you must avert your gaze from my puny sticklike legs," said Fred. "It'll only be a matter of time before a bodybuilder comes up and kicks sand in my face.

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.

After leaving Calcutta, she had pledged to herself not to disrespect her father. He'd taken her back without question, paid for her to study in England, and hired her as his employee when no other law firm in Bombay would.

But once in a great while he remembered that he had felt pain, a terrible ache in his heart, and he swore he would never let himself feel love for a human again.

When I promise I'll do something, I do it. At least since I got sober.

Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the end, he got his big thing, a once-in-a-generation revision to the basic social compact, a commitment of health coverage to nearly all Americans. He has yet to prove he can do it well.

America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.

But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

The president and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to revisit Social Security privatization after November. But Americans have already said, loud and clear, that they don't want Social Security to be privatized or dismantled.

The promise of socialism is a lie.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

A two-state solution cannot be promised without having negotiations first.

I'm confident that Gov. Romney can win over the American people on the promise of limited government, defending individual liberties and a return to common-sense solutions to our country's biggest problems.

Bernie Sanders won the primaries because he offered promise, offered hope, offered solutions.

I can't get into specifics. Someday, hopefully, I'll be able to.

Deadlines are great for customers because having one means they get a product, not just a promise that someday they'll get a product.

I did tell my kindergarten teacher I would go to space someday, and she said she'd be watching.

You promised to be mine, " he looked deep within her eyes, "mine forever.

I thought he'd run if he knew. Instead, he offered help, not that I believed he could possibly help. I thought he'd turn his back, close his heart, slink away. Instead, he promised sanctuary.