Promised Quotes
819 quotes by 652 authors
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Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had…
— Bill Cosby
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I promised myself that if ever I had some money that I would savor a cigar each day after lunch and dinner. This is the…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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In a universe suddenly divested of illusion and lights, man feels an alien, a stranger. His exile is without remedy since he is deprived of…
— Albert Camus
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I promised my daughter I'd name my first restaurant after her, but now the other kids are like, 'Dad, what about us?' I'm gonna have…
— Buddy Valastro
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Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life…
— Thomas Adams
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When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would…
— Rudyard Kipling
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Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you've agreed to a deal, don't back out…
— Victor Kiam
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Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach an absolute, to…
— Allen Wheelis
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I have made a contract with my body. It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it…
— Peter of Alcantara
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Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with…
— Robert Breault
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One who knows how to appreciate color relationships, the influence of one color with another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinite variety of…
— Sonia Delaunay
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Execution is the ability to mesh strategy with reality, align people with goals, and achieve the promised results.
— Lawrence Bossidy
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Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us...Prayer is simply asking…
— Gerhard Tersteegen
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Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us ... This service…
— Gerhard Tersteegen
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It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived I would never…
— Helmut Newton
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by grace ye are saved, not of works,' but by the will of God through Jesus Christ . . . If we please Him in…
— Polycarp
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Perfection does not come in this life, but we exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and keep our covenants. President Monson has promised, "Your…
— Neil L. Andersen
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No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.
— Annie Dillard
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The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can…
— Andrew Carnegie
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This week we saw progressive business and faith leaders making strong commitments that are moving ahead of what world leaders promised today. The leaders of…
— Kumi Naidoo
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