Quotes About Promise

Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and that of statuary bronze, so the subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.

Avoid taking oaths

The first emancipation proclamation in American history preceded Abraham Lincoln's by nearly ninety years. Its author was the Earl of Dunmore, the royal governor of colonial Virginia, who in November 1775 promised freedom to "all indentured servants, negroes, or others" belonging to rebels if they enlisted in his army.

When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

nothings promised, not the rest of tonight, not all of tomorrow!

not keeping a promise is the same as lying!

we make promises that start with always and end with forever!

E vinovat de adulter? Atunci e vinovat si de casatorie. Cum se poate merge in fata unui primar sau a unui preot pentru a primi garantia ca niciodata un barbat nu se va atinge de alta femeie decat de nevasta lui? Ce om in toate mintile va sustine asa ceva altfel decat constrans? Oprobiul meu se indreapta impotriva casatoriilor si juramintelor de castitate, nu impotriva adulterului, care mi se pare o desteptare sanatoasa a naturii.

Le mal, c'est la promesse qu'on ne tient pas...

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?

I love you," he roared in his enthralling mesmeric voice. "I will love you all the days of my life and beyond, Leona Hewitt. Do you hear me?

I will love you all the days of my life and beyond.

There is no human hope without the promise of ecstasy.

Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Et qui, un jour, a cessé d'être ce qu'il avait été, et cessé de promettre ce qu'il semblait avoir promis.

I had forgotten that things might change in future and that promise was a debt.

As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work wrote, "AI is accelerating innovation in every scientific and engineering endeavor."5 Not since electricity has a breakthrough technology ushered in so much potential promise and peril.

The peril we face today is not only that America might fail to live up to its promise, but that Americans might stop believing in that promise or the need to fight for it. The increasing belief on the left that this promise was always a lie, or on the right that it has always been true and has already been achieved, are two sides of the same coin.

I will love you forever," I murmured, and he stroked the hair off of my forehead. I will hold you to that." His face was grim and his voice was sober—he touched my handprint of chaos as he said it, and I knew in my bones that it was a solemn vow, and not a sweet or a kind offering of love at all. Green would make me live if he had to crack the foundations of the world.

Green smiled at me, all that compassion in his eyes, and he cupped my face in his hands, as though it were delicate, and precious. "You must never leave me," he said solemnly. "You may take as many lovers as you want, but you must promise to always be here to make me feel like I can do all that needs to be done.

So," Asa said conversationally, "want to go home and play butterflies?" Sebastian grimaced. "Do you promise not to pull my wings off?" Asa looked at him sideways. "Do you promise to fly back?

I will love you for as long as we live. And I will love you if this is as close as we ever get.

I'll do anything not to break your heart.

That's what this place is. It's a promise that there will be more memories. It's a promise that love will live on.