Quotes About Promise

I have sworn to die painting.

'America' is synonymous with opportunity.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things God hath prepared for them that love him.

I won't get killed,' Rose protested. Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you again.' Rose shook her head at him. 'How can you even taste your tea if you put that much sugar in it?' Don't change the subject. I don't want to be responsible for depriving the world of Rose Brier. Under no circumstances are you allowed to help us do anything more dangerous than...change the oil in my car.

Because I liked you better than it suits a girl to say, It irked you and I promised to throw the thought away To put the world between us, we parted stiff and dry 'Goodbye' and you: 'Forget me'. 'No fear I will' said I. Now here where clover whitens The dead man's knoll you pass And now tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass Halt by the headstone naming the heart no longer stirred And say the girl that loved you Was one who kept her word.

I'll come back for you soon, and when I do, be ready for a kiss that'll knock you off the rails.

Wait for me, Molly. I finally have my pa's blessing. He's even helping me find a position in Lockhart. As soon as I'm settled, I'll come calling, but I can't court you now. I can't keep stepping out with you until we're ready to wed. Will you wait?" With

More time, Molly. That's all I'm asking. I want to do right by you." His dark eyes traveled to her lips. "It'll be worth the wait. I promise." And he left her alone before the empty altar. Molly

The Lord had made no promises that life would be safe and secure. He'd only promised to be with her through it all.

History is a struggle between the "old" right that intended to be just and the "new" that promises to be.

keep telling you I'm just trying to get my life together and then I'll be able to buy you," he said, stroking her hair.

Everything about her, the way she walked, the way she stood, her eyes and mouth and whole face, seemed to be saying, without trying or intending to, that if you happened to be hers, and she yours, life would be full of pleasant and interesting surprises.

What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.

Juana ran her hand over her mother's face. "One day

These abiding words of the Beatitudes are, more than anything else, a promise of impending deliverance from subservience and foreign rule. They predict a radically new world order wherein the meek inherit the earth, the sick are healed, the weak become strong, the hungry are fed, and the poor are made rich. In the Kingdom of God, wealth will be redistributed and debts canceled. "The first shall be last and the last shall be first

The very words in the Holy Scriptures promise exactly that: "Whoever has gratitude (now) will be given more (in the future), and he or she will have an abundance.

En el Corán también se enfatiza la promesa de la gratitud: "Y (recuerda) cuando Dios proclamó: 'Si eres agradecido te daré más; pero si eres desagradecido, en verdad mi castigo será severo'." No

How can you promise?" Emily found herself near to tears. "You can't stop a storm, and if it's going to . . ." Another huge clap of thunder exploded overhead.

Caught-heart, always present, never here, the outlandish and unsatisfying, while always promising satisfaction never-failed-or-fulfilled-quest.

I look back over the events of my life and see the hands that carried Moses to his grave lifting me out of mine. In remembering I go back to these places where God met me and I meet him again and I lay my head on his breast, and he shows me the land beyond the Jordan and I suck into my lungs the fragrance of his breath, the power of his presence.

Vdcaelum novum et terram novam. (Revelations 21.1.)

Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

For one who believes in Christ, death is a gateway into a new life that will never end.