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It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep.

— Jane Addams

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

— William Shakespeare

It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill.

— Oswald Chambers

“If you can't avoid it, there is no use denying it by delaying it.”

— Sartika Kurniali

You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

— Fred Thompson

'Returnless risk' is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.

— Barry Ritholtz

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

— Anonymous

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

— Joseph Fort Newton

Some promises aren’t worth keeping.

— Holly Black

Promises are empty words if you're not keeping them.

— Mike Ditka

Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

False promises have become the norm for me, and I often underestimate and dismiss how much I put up with.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis