Quotes About Promise

Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah'm lyin'. Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom.

De girl baby ain't born and her mama is dead, dat can git me tuh spend our money on her. Ah told yo' before dat you got de keys tuh de kingdom. You can depend on dat.

For me, politics is giving your word, standing by it, and abiding by it no matter what.

An agreement is an agreement, and when you make it, you should stick to it.

Everybody comes here because of the American Dream.

How about we agree upon what our common American values are, which is let's make this a true land of opportunity.

In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better.

I never said I was going to play for Boca but rather that, if I went back to Argentina to play, I would do so for only one team, and that's Boca.

Talent in men is therefore, in all moral points, very much what beauty is in women, — simply a promise. Let us, therefore, doubly admire the man in whom both heart and character equal the perfection of his genius.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain.

Beyond the smiling and the weeping, I shall be soon; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon! Love, rest, and home Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come!

The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.

God's glowing covenant.

And all of it seemed far away and long ago, along with the hard voices promising violence and the eyes bright with anger. page 126; THE TASTE OF ASHES by Howard Browne.

Your station in life does not define you. The promise of America is for all of us.

One way to describe the American Dream is as a promise—a promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Inherent to that pursuit, I believe, is having access to opportunities like education and good jobs, healthcare and ownership, support from family and friends, and generosity from strangers. Opportunity shows up as luck, but is also embedded into our social, governmental, and corporate constructs.

For the words of a vow are sacred not only among men and the angels, but among the demons as well.

And we could have been sweethearts, forever and ever, Could have loved a whole lot more, been a little more true.

It/ll be better tomorrow...

It makes tomorrow alright.

Tolerance is mans ornament, keeping promises is a sign of nobility, and bonding with others is a grace.

Character, simply stated, is doing what you say you're going to do.