Quotes About Promise

promise not to harm any of the children for the time being—but only if you answer at once. That is my offer. Shall I put on my gloves, or…?" "That won't be necessary," Mr. Benedict said. "Just make the promise." "I promise," said Mr. Curtain. He gave Constance a sly look. "Am I telling the truth, my dear?

There are three rings in marriage. The engagement ring... The wedding ring... and the suffering.

Just over yonder, beyond the river, There is a City of pure delight, Where many loved ones are congregating With palms of vict'ry in robes of white. Just over yonder, there'll be no heartaches, No lonely days will ever come. There'll be no crying, there'll be no dying, Oh, what rejoicing when we get home. Just over yonder, I'll soon be going To see my Savior upon His throne; And hear a welcome ring out through heaven, Oh, weary pilgrim, this is your home.

If you keep my secret, this strawberry is yours.

You'll adjust," Foeslayer said, rolling her eyes. "It's a great kingdom; you'll see.

But we'll get to the bottom of it," Tsunami promised. "We'll find the dragon who set that bomb, and then I will tear off his wings and hang him from the eastern peak of Jade Mountain

The God who loved us enough to die for us when we cared nothing for him is not about to shortchange us in life.

My class had sprouted lima beans in paper cups the year before. I now placed a bean in each of the holes. I covered them up, pressing the soil down firmly with my fingertips. I opened my thermos and watered them all. And I vowed to myself that those beans would thrive.

they're saving perfection for us in the next life.

La fedeltà al passato non è un dato bensì un voto. Come tutti i voti può essere deluso, o tradito

if I promised to put my notebook on the floor and my pen in my pocket. And he suggested that I sit back and not gape out the window.

Others were just as singular and well traveled and full of promise. I felt I was in good hands.

Su promesa la ataba tanto como las pulseras de cuero y las cadenas.

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

I'm going away, he said. And I want you to know that I'm coming back. I love you because.... Don't say anything, Fatima interrupted. One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

She still lives in a world in which people are faithful and vows of love are forever.

Switzerland is one of the few countries in the world where a man's word is still his bond.

Ton père et le sien, en amis fraternels, jurèrent de s'unir par leurs enfants. Ton fiancé avait alors six ans. Tu naquis dans le cercle de cette année-là. Telle était ta destinée. Tu fus élevée dans ce dessein.

It was the secret of her power in this house that she never allowed her will to be felt as absolute. She gave time and the promise of an end, and then she used the time to shape events to her own end.

Of all the wonders that the world had to offer, only art promised immortality.

Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

With thee goes Thy husband, him to follow thou art bound; Where he abides, think there thy native soil.