Oath Quotes:

How small regard is had to the oath of God by men professing the name of God.

- George Gillespie

source: George Gillespie (1846). “The Presbyterian's Armoury: and II. The works of Mr. George Gillespie, with memoir of his life and writings”

topic: Men, Names, Oath

It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you

- Jacqueline Carey

topic: Military, Everyday, Oath

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!

- Langston Hughes

topic: America, Oath, Swear, Breaking Silence

You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand

- Mother Jones

topic: Telling The Truth, Witness, Oath

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Loyalty, Oath

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

- Plato

topic: Lovers, Oath, Getting Over You

When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth,

- Rafael Palmeiro

topic: Congress, Oath, Testifying

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

- Solon

topic: Character, Nobility, Oath

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

- Solon

topic: Gentleman, Weight, Oath

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

- Sophocles

topic: Water, Oath

I write a woman's oaths in water.

- Sophocles

topic: Writing, Water, Oath

Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.

- Suzanne Curchod

topic: Probity, Oath

When I leave the office on January 20th, I will leave even more idealistic than I was the day I took the oath of office.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Office, January, Oath, Oath Of Office

Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.

- Ninon de L'Enclos

topic: Sacrifice, Pay, Oath, Love Sacrifice, Counterfeit Money

First of all, Jesus clearly tells us not to swear oaths.

- Tripp York

topic: Jesus, Oath, Swear

No oath can be too binding for a lover.

- Sophocles

source: "Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 848,

topic: Lovers, Oath, Binding

A liar is full of oaths.

- Pierre Corneille

topic: Liars, Lying, Oath

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

- George Herbert

source: George Herbert (1941). “The works of George Herbert”, Oxford University Press

topic: Bees, Made, Oath

An oath, sir, is an end of all strife, and it is God's ordinance.

- Anne Hutchinson

topic: Ends, Strife, Oath

Took an oath, I'ma stick it out to the end.

- Rihanna

source: Song: Umbrella

topic: Sticks, Ends, Oath

Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed (1778). “The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.101

topic: Promise, Vow, Oath

It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.

- William Shakespeare

source: 1592 Salisbury to Henry. Henry VI PartTwo, act 5, sc.1, l.180-1.

topic: Sin, Oath, Swear

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.

- William Shakespeare

source: 1607 Pericles to Helicanus. Pericles, sc.2, l.125-6.

topic: Cracks, Break, Oath

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

- Samuel Butler

topic: Wind, Oath

An oath-the strongest of religious ties.

- James Madison

source: James Madison (1867). “1769-1793”, p.352

topic: Religious, Ties, Oath

you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.

- P. D. James

source: P. D. James (2008). “The Lighthouse”, p.203, Faber & Faber

topic: Nothing But The Truth, Oath, Swear, Whole Truth