Quotes About Unkept Promises

#1. Oaths and anchors equally will drag: naught else abides on fickle earth but unkept promises of joy.

Herman Melville

#2. A generous figure is always nice!

Mimi Imfurst

#3. The truth is that wherever a man lies with a woman, there, whether they like it or not, a transcendental relation is set up between them which must be eternally enjoyed or eternally endured.

C.S. Lewis

#4. Based on decades of observation, I propose that sudden high levels of praise always trigger an equal amount of inner self-loathing.

Chuck Palahniuk

#5. Codependents appear to be depended upon, but they are dependent.

Melody Beattie

#6. That the primary effect of gene mutation may be as simple as the substitution of a single amino acid by another and may lead to profound secondary changes in protein structure and properties has recently been strongly indicated by the work of Ingram on hemoglobin.

Edward Lawrie Tatum

#7. If the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life.

William Beveridge

#8. Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.

Pierre Beaumarchais

#9. When we had to survive on our wits, gather and kill our food from scratch and be more at the mercy of our environment than we are today, we probably had enough challenge to keep our brains healthy.

Philippa Perry

#10. You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the love of sin?

Charles Spurgeon