Engagements Quotes

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Personally, I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding... I'd be upset. — Emily Blunt
When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to abridge them of… — David Ramsey
I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,… — Thomas Jefferson
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
If the maintenance of public credit, then, be truly important, the next enquiry which suggests itself is, by what means it is to be effected?… — Alexander Hamilton
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep… — George Washington
States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct. — Alexander Hamilton
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon… — George Washington
It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces. — Sheryl Crow
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He… — William James
Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact… — Joel Garreau
Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger… — Thomas More
Sexual excitability is increased and leads to hasty engagements, marriages by the newspaper, improper love-adventures, conspicuous behavior, fondness for dress, on the other hand to… — Emil Kraepelin
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as… — Zygmunt Bauman
We cannot fulfill our engagements with the Almighty without we have that Spirit with us. We should so live as to acknowledge the Good Spirit… — Daniel H. Wells
What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely… — Carl von Clausewitz
If we do not learn to regard a war, and the separate campaigns of which it is composed, as a chain of linked engagements each… — Carl von Clausewitz
Yes, after some time spent last year on other commitments, most of them speaking engagements, I am now about halfway through a novel that I… — Robert MacNeil
I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and… — Princess Diana
Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means… — George Mason

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