Quotes About Promises

The Word of God and the grace of Christ in the promises are our daily support, and the constant nourishment of our souls.

It is in the nature of love to bind itself";2 vows are love's native language. Love that is mute in the language of promises, though it may be called love, is not love but something else.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans."  -- Peter Drucker

Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A lot of big and ultimately unfulfilled promises were made in robotics early on, based on preliminary successes.

In campaigns, promises are usually treated skeptically. Past positions are viewed as the one reliable way to gauge a candidate's instincts.

The president, by virtue of his office, can easily 'go dark' when it comes to conversations with foreign leaders, even if he makes promises or assurances that run contrary to the interests of the United States or even place the country in danger.

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

Isaiah 41:10: "Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

It was easier to break promises when they weren't voiced.

Sin is a mirage, always overpromising and underdelivering. The Enemy works in your life by luring and lying. He promises things he can't fulfill. He challenges God's truth. He attacks God's character and intentions.

PRAYER Father, shake me from my slumber. Forgive me when I accuse You of failing to keep Your promises. Thank You for today, a fresh gift of grace. May I use it well to speak of Your mercy and extend Your Gospel, as I wait for You. Amen.

The LORD will fight for you. —EXODUS 14:14 NIV

Whatever Jesus has won, we have won also.

It is that perfection of God by which he is devoid of all change, not only in His Being, but also in His perfections, and in His purposes and promises.

Ishmael and Esau were originally in the covenant, the wicked sons of Eli were covenant children, and the great majority of the Jews in the days of Jesus and the apostles belonged to the covenant people and shared in the covenant promises, though they did not follow the faith of their father Abraham.

The eyes of faith are not always bright. At times they can see only dim shadows, like rough shapes reflected in a worn and dusty mirror. Yet even then, especially then, the faithful are called to trust in the promises of old and to believe that the time and place of their birth are no accident. For faith sees not only that history is meaningful, that it is going someplace, but also understands its own limited role within that history.

Referencing the Democrats $2 trillion infrastructure bill and the projects it will pay for- "They're asking us to get in the van but they aren't showing us the candy!"

People are never who you think they are, that it was necessary to get a complete background check on a person before you made any promises.

There was a time when I prayed to saints. What I liked about them were their humble beginnings: they were human, once, and so you knew that they just got it in a way Jesus never would. They understood what it meant to have your hopes dashed or your promises broken or you feelings hurt.

In the past, even Alex's promises hadn't prevented a reoccurence. She didn't have a choice. She wished he could see that as clearly as she did.

What people said they would do and what people actually did were two very different things.

Could love be not grand gestures or empty vows, not promises meant to be broken, but instead a paper trail of forgiveness?

Promises and pie-crusts are made to be broken.

Stay submitted to God by not becoming offended; resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7). We resist the devil by not becoming offended. The dream or vision will probably happen differently than how you think it will, but His Word and His promises will not fail. We only risk aborting them by our disobedience.