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Promise Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness…
- There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance,…
- A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness…
- When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a…
- It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
More Promise Quotes
- Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly… — Hannah Arendt
- I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. — Arthur Balfour
- At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. — Honore de Balzac
- Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests… — Karl Barth
- Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch
- Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he… — 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
- Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. — Henry Ward Beecher