Quotes with promise

  • On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
  • The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
  • 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.
  • Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
  • Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry.
  • It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
  • Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.
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  • Baldwin Spencer 2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve.
    Baldwin Spencer
    Antigua and Barbuda politican and labour leader (1948 - )
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  • Andrew Murray A readiness to believe every promise implicitly, to obey every command unhesitatingly, to stand perfect and complete in all the will of God, is the only true spirit of Bible study.
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  • Stendhal Beauty is the promise of happiness.
    Stendhal
    French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle) (1783 - 1842)
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  • Henry David Thoreau On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Gustave Flaubert The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.
    Gustave Flaubert
    French writer (1821 - 1880)
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  • Al Sharpton The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Ezra Pound There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle ''promise'' from achievement; to save him from that sentimentalizing which confuses the tragedy of the interruption with the merit of the work actually performed.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • Juvenal A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Machiavelli A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Robert W. Service A promise made is a debt unpaid.
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  • Barack Obama After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • William Dean Howells An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
    William Dean Howells
    American writer, criticus (1837 - 1920)
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  • Bob Beauprez 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
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Mark Twain Better a broken promise than none at all.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin Cardozo Bills of rights give assurance to the individual of the preservation of his liberty. They do not define the liberty they promise.
    Benjamin Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Bob Beauprez Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • W. M. Thackeray Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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  • Ziad K. Abdelnour Don't promise when you're happy, don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad.
    Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
    Ziad K. Abdelnour
    American banker (1960 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein Donald Trump may not speak explicitly of 'who we are,' but with his promise to make America great again, he engages in his own kind of identity politics, signaling that the nation has lost its sense of self. That gets to people.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • William Hazlitt Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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