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Quotes About Vow

O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
~ William Shakespeare
By this hand, I love thee. Beatrice Use it for my love some other way than swearing by it.
~ William Shakespeare
Here is my hand, and here I firmly vow Never to woo her more, but do forswear her As one unworthy all the former favors That I have fondly flattered her withal.
~ William Shakespeare
Yet swear not, lest ye be forsworn again.
~ William Shakespeare
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
~ Winston S. Churchill
Men. <...> They're idiots. It's like they all take a vow of stupidity or something.
~ Cindy Gerard
Earth and fire and water and air We solemnly promise, we solemnly swear Not a word, not a hint, not a sound to declare Earth and fire and water and air!
~ Unknown
And so the four of us vowed to each other to keep on fighting. It was early April, 1946, and by this time we four made up the only Japanese resistance left on Lubang.
~ Hiroo Onoda
And that is why you ought not dramatically vow to obey someone. They seldom ask for what you hope they will.
~ Holly Black
It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.
~ Holly Black
Vow she won't be harmed,' Oak says, breathing hard. 'Also me. I would like not to be harmed as well.
~ Holly Black
How many can honestly say that they never fell in love with someone else along the way, someone they didn't pursue because they'd made a vow to stay with their spouse? How many would say they regretted that choice?
~ Unknown
Not even Achilles will bring all his words to fulfillment.
~ Homer
That American [Philip Kapleau] was asking us whether it is possible for him to attain enlightenment in one week of sesshin. Tell him this for me: don't say days, weeks, years, or even lifetimes. Tell him to vow to attain enlightenment though it take the infinite, the boundless, the incalculable future.4
~ Peter Matthiessen
Lyra swore with every word she knew.
~ Philip Pullman
On Midsummer's Day, she said. At midday. As long as I live. As long as I live...
~ Philip Pullman
antsy, adj. I swore I would never take you to the opera again.
~ David Levithan
For the words of a vow are sacred not only among men and the angels, but among the demons as well.
~ Unknown
He slid her a look, and she held up her hand in a solemn vow, making him smile. Were you a Girl Scout? he asked. Not even a little bit, she said. -Matt and Amy
~ Jill Shalvis
It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you.
~ Jodi Picoult
We swear by peace and love to stand heart to heart and hand to hand. Mark O Spirit and hear us now confirming this our sacred vow.
~ Unknown
From the conservative dark Into the ethical life The dense commuters come, Repeating their morning vow.
~ W. H. Auden
I had a friend, who was abused by her dad. I made a vow to myself that I'd never hurt my daughter.
~ Niall Horan
In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?" "You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?
~ Julia Quinn