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Quotes About Promise

Never promise more than you can perform.
~ Publilius Syrus
He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In the midst of great joy do not promise to give a man anything; in the midst of great anger do not answer a man's letter
~ Chinese Proverbs
When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you
~ Proverb
When you make a commitment you build hope. When you keep it you build trust. So don't just say it, show it. Don't just promise it, prove it.
~ Unknown
When you make a commitment, you build hope. When you keep it, you build trust.
~ Unknown
I was sure I could bring him back to health. He died…a
~ Unknown
You never know what a man -- or a woman -- has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.
~ Victoria Moran
I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
It's a basic rule of human nature that the promise of unexpected wealth short-circuits both intelligence and common sense.
~ Vikas Swarup
Don't worry. I won't forgive you –' Bashir Ali blanched '– because there's nothing to forgive. We are both trapped, you on that side of the door and me on this. Do what they tell you to do, get it over with and go home to your children. Nothing will happen to you. Not now and not later. I give you my word.' There was a pause. 'The word of Ganesh Gaitonde.' By
~ Vikram Chandra
A real poor person is the one who can't promise anything.
~ Unknown
Do not run into debt with a rich man, or promise anything to a poor one.
~ Unknown
Marriage is a stupidity that is celebrated for two.
~ Unknown
Esse amor sem fim, onde andará? Que eu busco tanto e nunca está E não me sai do pensamento Sempre, sempre longe Esse amor tão lindo que se esconde Nos confins do não sei onde Vive em mim além do tempo Longe, longe, onde? Por que não me surges nessa hora Como um sol Como o sol no mar Quando vem a aurora Esse amor que o amor me prometeu E que até hoje não me deu Por que não está ao lado meu? Esse amor sem fim, onde andará? Esse amor, meu amor, Onde andará?
~ Vinicius de Moraes
The Christian faith is indestructible because our Father is greater than all. The church is invincible because Christ promises to build his church and that the forces of hell will not overcome it. Christianity is a permanent religion, and Christ's church a permanent institution.
~ Unknown
In the light of Christ's promise, the forces of the devil and the unbelievers are pathetic and impotent. They are defenseless against us, for greater is he who is in us than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).
~ Unknown
God does not do a half-baked job at anything – what he promises, he delivers, and when he punishes, he goes all the way.
~ Unknown
Let us, therefore, first maintain our confession of faith. Let us pray, study, and build up one another through mutual instruction and encouragement, so that we may become convinced and established in the faith, and thus remain under the invincible promise of Christ.
~ Unknown
We have orders to not only maintain the confession, but to proclaim it to every part of the world, and we have the promise that Christ will be with us as we do so (Matthew 28:18-20).
~ Unknown
However, even when we are unfaithful to his commands, Christ is faithful to his promise. He is still building his church, and he is still ensuring that the gates of hell will not overcome it.
~ Unknown
In many ways, you appear less than others. But by this power from heaven, you can be something more than the rest of men. You can be more. You can be better, stronger, more useful. You can live a more meaningful and significant life. Believe the promise, and receive the power.
~ Unknown
At the kernel of every promise, there is always a little doubt, like a fragment of shell that clings to the broken nut.
~ Violet Winspear