Promised Quotes

819 Promised quotes by 625 unique authors

I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is… — Michael Chabon
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams simply to submit to it; that not gravity's pull, laws… — Thomas Pynchon
Are you her boyfriend?” ... No, I’m her fiancé.” Nate said. We’ve been promised to each other since birth,” Summer added. Our wedding isn’t until… — Brandon Mull
I’d been staying at the Holiday Inn with my girlfriend, honestly the most beautiful woman I’d even known, for three days under a phony name,… — Denis Johnson
Well, here he was. They could save each other, the way the poets promised lovers should. He was mystery, he was darkness, he was all… — Clive Barker
If we will build righteous traditions in our families, the light of the gospel can grow ever brighter in the lives of our children from… — L. Tom Perry
I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened. — Katherine Paterson
Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Jean Valjean, my brother: you belong no… — Victor Hugo
God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. — Saint Augustine
Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is. — Gregory Maguire
Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens… — Harvey Mackay
Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated. — Jonathan Carroll
The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and their wishes twist everything. You… — Sheldon Vanauken
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a… — Aldous Huxley
But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got… — Sarah Dessen
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and… — Barack Obama
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got… — C.S. Lewis
...where were answers to the truly deep questions? Religion promised those, though always in vague terms, while retreating from one line in the sand to… — David Brin
I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that… — Paulo Coelho
God never promised that we wouldn’t have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, ‘Be truly glad!...these trials are only to… — Joel Osteen
But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the… — Gloria Whelan
Poor Congo, barefoot bride of men who took her jewels and promised the Kingdom. — Barbara Kingsolver
[Kafka] transformed the profoundly antipoetic material of a highly bureaucratized society into the great poetry of the novel; he transformed a very ordinary story of… — Milan Kundera

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