Quotes About Promises

it's through Moses that God makes four promises to these slaves. I will take you out. I will rescue you. I will redeem you. I will take you to me. There's a reason why these four promises are so significant – they're the promises a Jewish groom makes to a Jewish bride. This is wedding language.

You're not telling us that these promises were not made; you're just saying they don't have to be kept?

It was the familiar "rogue agent defense" — the agents had no authority to make the promises, and therefore the promises were not legal.

Most wars start with a lie, good wars, bad wars, they start with a lie, and the peace that comes afterwards, those promises of forgiveness and cooperation and fair play for all… those are lies too, lies wrapped in hope.

El bosque es hermoso, oscuro y profundo. Pero tengo promesas que cumplir, y millas que recorrer antes de dormir. Y millas que recorrer antes de dormir.

For I have promises to keep; and miles to go before I sleep.

but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.

I Boschi sono amabili ombrosi e profondi. Ma ho promesse da mantenere, e miglia da percorrere prima di riposare, e miglia da percorrere prima di riposare.

Do not take so seriously people's promises or their ardor in wanting to help you. If they come through, so much the better, but be prepared for the more frequent change of heart. Rely upon yourself to get things done and you will not be disappointed.

Other Afghans from American, or from Europe, Amra says, they come and take picture of her. They take video. They make promises. Then they go home and show their families. LIke she is zoo animal. I allow it because I think maybe they will help. But they forget. I never hear from them.

It's a dangerous business, making promises to kids.

Laila knows, to those who grumble that the promised aid money to Afghanistan isn't coming, that the rebuilding is going too slowly, that there is corruption, that the Taliban are regrouping already and will come back with a vengeance, that the world will forget once again about Afghanistan.

You can trust me to keep my word. I always keep my word, promises or threats.

I would have kept those promises—if you had no' transformed." "That's why promises are made, asshole! To be kept no matter the situation.

The ability to make and keep promises is the key aspect to trust in a relationship.

I met a girl and we ran away, I swore I'd make her happy every day. And how I made her cry, two faces have I.

Enter into the promises of God. It is your inheritance. You will do more in one year if you are really filled with the Holy Ghost than you could do in fifty years apart from Him.

Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

Sometimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.

You're not so tough. No tougher than the man whose blood will spill from your veins.

Don't ever write a check with your mouth you can't cash with your ass. Oh, and one more thing... don't wake the mother.

Loyalty was vastly overrated and woefully underpaid.

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.

Another Chief remembered that since the Great Father promised them that they would never be moved they had been moved five times. "I think you had better put the Indians on wheels," he said sardonically, "and you can run them about whenever you wish.