Quotes and Sayings About Promise
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A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.
-- A. A. Gill -
I don't want to beg or promise you things I can't give you. There isn't much of me to give, but what I have is yours. This is all up to you, Sadie. If you want me, I'm yours. If you can't do this, then I'll walk away and leave you alone. I swear.
-- Abbi Glines -
Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
-- Abdallah II -
When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad...
-- Abdul Kalam -
It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.
-- Abe Ajay -
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
-- Adam Clarke -
After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through.
-- Adam Rickitt -
The future is a bright as the promises of God.
-- Adoniram Judson -
There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve.
-- Adrian Rogers -
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
-- Aeschylus -
Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
...Promises are more dangerous then secrets.
-- Aimee Friedman -
Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.
-- Ajay Devgan -
I'll do at least one action film every year because of my fans. This is my promise to them.
-- Akshay Kumar -
Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.
-- Al Franken -
Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.
-- Alain de Botton -
Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another--which is not to say that we should never strive to overcome any of our anxieties or fulfil any of our desires, but rather to suggest that we should perhaps build into our strivings an awareness of the way our goals promise us a respite and a resolution that they cannot, by definition, deliver.
-- Alain de Botton -
If we are to fulfill the promise of this great Nation that everybody in our society has equal access to the law, obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.
-- Alan Mollohan -
That's what so sad about a lot of modern music, in my opinion, so many young bands never stay around long enough to fulfill their ultimate promise. They only get halfway there or a quarter of the way there.
-- Alan Vega -
To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the money had been, I would have always fulfilled my promise, as that's the way I am.
-- Albert Gubay -
The problem with Prosperity Theology is not that it promises too much, but that it aims for so little. What God promises us in Christ is far above anything that can be measured in earthly wealth - and believers are not promised earthly wealth nor the gift of health.
-- Albert Mohler -
The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.
-- Aldous Huxley -
A promise kept is trust coming to life. A promise kept is more powerful than a good intention, a thought or any material comfort. A promise kept tells the other person they are valued, respected and loved.
-- Alex Blackwell -
Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.
-- Alex Ferguson -
Come seeking to know Him, and I promise you will find Him and see Him in His true character as the risen, redeeming Savior of the world.
-- Alexander B. Morrison -
Don`t promise me forever, just love me day by day.
-- Alexander Rybak