Top 100 Sayings About A Promise
#1. When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don't bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.
Joel Fuhrman
#2. I want to make change, but I've already made change. I will continue to make change. I'm not just running on a promise of change. I'm running on 35 years of change.
Hillary Clinton
#3. Autumn, like Alzheimer's, turns everything strange and unfamiliar, and when you look for the shape of the real hidden within, you find only a promise of the winter to come.
Laird Barron
#4. I'll have you in my bed again, Sentinel. And at my side. That is a promise.
Chloe Neill
#5. Every time I open my Bible I will read it as the Word of 'God, that cannot lie;' and when I get a promise or a threatening, I will either rejoice or tremble because I know that these stand fast.
Charles Spurgeon
#6. I'll make sure you forget every guy but me, Jess Jordan. And that's a promise I mean to keep.
Oh, that voice.
Anne Eliot
#7. This is not a promise, this is not threat, it's just the way it's gonna be!!!
James A. Michener
#8. Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be treated equally, a promise for which many Americans have lost their lives.
John Yarmuth
#10. But ... If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise.
Let it end with hope.
Beth Revis
#12. In the chaos of war, I would have looked simply small, and therefore neither a promise nor a threat.
Sarah Dunant
#13. It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.
Kami Garcia
#15. Testimonials describe what has been, and are a promise of what is to come.
Ron Kaufman
#16. Here is the ghost
Of a summer that lived for us,
Ere is a promise
Of summer to be.
William Ernest Henley
#17. Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.
Max DePree
#18. Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
John Lennon
#19. You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.
Mark Batterson
#20. I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
#21. Forget-me-nots... She loved those flowers more than any other in their big beautiful garden or in the whole wide world for that matter. They were sky blue, just like his eyes, they held a promise... Forget me not.
Melanie Sargsian
#23. He pulled my arm out to expose my bracelet. "When I carved this, my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter how many turns it makes, you'll end up back where you belong. With me." His sapphire eyes held a promise. - Valek
Maria V. Snyder
#24. Valek: You know a death sentence hasn't kept us apart before.
Yelena: Is that an order Valek?
Valek: No, it's a promise!
Maria V. Snyder
#25. There are moments in life when you need to stop pleading and start praising. If God has put a promise in your heart, praise Him for it. You need to celebrate as if it has already happened. You need to stop asking, because God has already answered.
Mark Batterson
#26. We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you start has nothing to do with how far you can come.
Wendy Davis
#27. Credit is a promise to deliver money. It will produce GDP but you'll create credit ... So you reach a certain point that that you can't do that anymore ... There are choices. And how do we best support, apportion the money? How much is going to be transferred?
Ray Dalio
#28. We regard an action of Contract as an action to prevent or compensate for a breach of a promise; an action of Tort as an action to to punish or compensate for a wrong, such as assault or defamation, which has not any necessary connection with a promise.
Edward Jenks
#29. America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.
Nelson Rockefeller
#31. If you do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals to live the life you desire, It will be worth it. I promise! But if you find some excuse to justify quitting your journey, you will regret it. This is also a promise! -gbb
Glenn Brandon Burke
#32. Little less than a promise, and a little more than a chance.
David Levithan
#33. Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.
Anne Bishop
#34. His smile banished my loneliness and limbed the hollows of my anema with starlight, pure and bright...his touch hummed in my bones like an aria -- a song to my dance, a beginning of a promise.
Roshani Chokshi
#35. I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
Ted Naifeh
#36. Let yourself feel good again, laugh with friends, have fun. Living your life to the full is not betrayal of a memory but fulfillment of a promise to someone who would want only the best for you.
Karen Katafiasz
#38. Your personal brand is a promise to your clients ... a promise of quality, consistency, competency, and reliability.
Jason Hartman
#39. To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo.
John Dewey
#40. Maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mix - not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise; a potential.
Jodi Picoult
#41. A promise is something that has been given but not yet realized.
Todd Stocker
#42. Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken from her by the water licking at her ankles.
Thrity Umrigar
#44. You promised me I could measure your ... particular abilities."
"Promised?" Kaladin asked. "I don't remember a promise."
"You grunted
Brandon Sanderson
#45. The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value.
Morris Hite
#46. Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.
Brady Udall
#47. A kiss, when all is said, what is it? An oath that's given closer than before; A promise more precise; the sealing of Confessions that till then were barely breathed; A rosy dot placed on the i in loving.
Edmond Rostand
#49. A personal (Brand) is more than just a creative name, cute logo or a complimentary card; it's a promise of value, it's a distinctive voice, it' s a core message, it's passion driven by purpose, it's a positive impact that creates an impression
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#50. Sometimes to do the right thing, we must keep a promise we never made.
Robert Breault
#51. People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work.
Ethan Zuckerman
#52. There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.
Elijah Muhammad
#53. Duden Dictionary Meaning #4. Wort - Word: A meaningful unit of language / a promise / a short remark, statement, or conversation. Related words: term, name, expession.
Markus Zusak
#54. Trust, is the stone thrown into the sea, sinking deep in all its murkiness, unable to see what it once lived and believed to be a promise.
Anthony Liccione
#55. Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of failed lives and start over. Come along, the dream whispers, and you can have another chance. We still listen to promises in the wind. This time, we think, we'll get it right.
William Kittredge
#56. Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.
Bob Beauprez
#57. It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that."
"Then I will remain and help," Marasi said. "That is that."
"And I could really use some food," Wayne added. "Fat is fat.
Brandon Sanderson
#58. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.
Walt Disney
#59. A person who breaks a promise diminishes herself. It's like losing a finger. It's worse than being paralyzed, which is merely physical. Someone whose promises are worthless has a disabled soul.
Ken Follett
#60. Childhood is a promise that is never kept.
Ken Hill
#61. Don't worry, I'll calm down by tonight when we go out. Provided you keep your clothes on all day and manage not to commit any felonies."
Praline mumbled a promise to do his best, though even he worried that it might not be possible.
Marshall Thornton
#62. Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
#63. Courtship is a commitment -
it's a promise not to play games with another person's heart.
Joshua Harris
#64. Earning my college degree. It was a promise I made to my parents. I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football. I was so proud of that, and the amount of work I put into it.
Marcus Mariota
#65. Whenever you make a promise, you have a responsibility to that promise.
Deion Sanders
#66. I made a promise. The kind of promise you don't break because, if you break it you've broken part of yourself, maybe the most important part.
Rick Yancey
#67. It was a soft breathless June morning, with a promise of sultriness later ...
John Buchan
#68. He was convinced he would keep his word. Not because he feared for his health, but because one cannot break a promise made to one's guardian angel. And he resumed the climb.
Andrea Camilleri
#69. Quality is more than a promise, it's genuine performance.
Ron Kaufman
#70. I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise
Steve Maraboli
#71. Religion for them [Iranians] was like a promise and guarantee of finding something that would radically change their subjectivity
Michel Foucault
#72. Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.
Henry Giroux
#73. There is a dead spot in the night, that coldest, blackest time when the world has forgotten evening and dawn is not yet a promise. A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.
Robin Hobb
#74. It's a promise that I don't want to be your favorite mistake. That I want to be your forever mistake, if you'll have me.
Lauren Blakely
#76. A promise is a commitment to do something later, and a vow is a binding commitment to begin doing something now and to continue to do it for the duration of the vow. Some vows, or contracts, are for life; others are for limited periods of time.
Myles Munroe
#78. The fires of refinement come with a cost, but also with a promise. His grace has been extended forth to you for restoration, confirmation, strengthening, and being established in Him.
Robin Bertram
#79. I don't like seeing you cry. You will stop." I'll give you a promise," he said gruffly. "And then you will cease your worrying." You will have confidence in my ability to protect you," he ordered. You will have faith in me. I command it.
Julie Garwood
#80. A threat is a promise followed by a consequence.
Amy Dickinson
#81. The Law has a promise but it is a conditional promise, depending upon whether people fulfill the Law.
Martin Luther
#82. The sky was a rich, mindless, never-ending blue, like a promise of some ridiculous glory that wasn't really there.
Donna Tartt
#83. Some things in this world just ain't mean to be, not in the times we want 'em to, and the heart has to hold it in this world as a remembrance, a promise for the world that's to come. There's a prize at the end of all of it, but still, that's a heavy load to bear.
James McBride
#84. Kappa are proud and stubborn, but also fiercely honorable; they never break a promise. Kappa will eat almost anything, but they are particularly fond of two foods: cucumbers and raw innards - particularly human anuses. Interactions:
Matthew Meyer
#85. It was like a promise that wishes could come true, that desire might lead to more than yearning.
Cornelia Funke
#86. The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction
Friedrich Nietzsche
#87. Is this what sadness is all about? Is it what comes over us when beautiful memories shatter in hindsight because the remembered happiness fed not just on actual circumstances but on a promise that was not kept?
Bernhard Schlink
#88. I can take a single hair from the braids of an Indian woman and make it sound like a promise come true. Like a thousand promises come true.
Sherman Alexie
#90. Confidently step into the future,
knowing that God has got you this far
as a promise that He is able to get you
beyond.
Moffat Machingura
#91. Maybe the point of I love you is that it is a tether. A connection so you can find your way back to someone even when shit seems huge and unmanageable on your own. A promise to help just because you care about someone, a promise to help that doesn't mean pulling away.
Roan Parrish
#92. I'll make you a promise, Bodee. Long as you're with my family, you won't run out of Kool-Aid." "And I promise you, I'll stop whoever's hurting you ... even if it's you.
Courtney C. Stevens
#94. Two people can be part of the same event, but one may choose to live it quite differently from the other. One may choose to trust that what happened, painful as it may be, holds a promise. The other may choose despair and be destroyed by it. What makes us human is precisely this freedom of choice.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#95. Any customer that walks away, disrespected and defeated, represents tens of thousands of dollars out the door, in addition to the failure of a promise the brand made in the first place. You can't see it but it's happening, daily.
Seth Godin
#96. A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
Francis Of Assisi
#97. In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
Youssou N'Dour
#98. In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.
Graham Greene
#99. Sorry about that."
"You didn't hear me complaining."
I raised an eyebrow and said, "Forget about it. You will never see me in that skirt."
"Never? Is that a challenge, love?"
"It's a promise.
Cora Carmack
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