Promises Quotes

1151 Promises quotes by 822 unique authors

Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health… — Allen Boyd
First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have… — Confucius
My God would never deliberately bring harm to anyone. But if it happens, if it simply happens due to wind and rain and weather and… — Marjorie Holmes
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk.… — Theodore J. Forstmann
Fearful people are more dependent, more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong, tough measures and hard-line postures. ... They may accept… — George Gerbner
Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market. — Barbara Mikulski
When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on… — Barbara Mikulski
It is absurd to say that our country can issue $30,000,000 in bonds and not $30,000,000 in currency. Both are promises to pay; but one… — Thomas A. Edison
Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the… — Samuel Johnson
What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. — Hermann Broch
A person who searched rooms, brandished pistols, dangled promises of half a million franc fees for nameless services and then wrote instructions to Polish spies… — Eric Ambler
Consumers still buy products whose advertising promises them value for money, beauty, nutrition, relief from suffering, social status and so on. — David Ogilvy
We must not pick and choose which commandments we think are important to keep but acknowledge all of God’s commandments. We must stand firm and… — L. Tom Perry
Perhaps the greatest reason for missionary work is to give the world it's chance to hear and accept the gospel. The scriptures are replete with… — Spencer W. Kimball
Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat… — Pope Benedict XVI
Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once. — Kabir
I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies. — Harry Browne
Now Peter said by exceeding great and precious promises you become partakers of the divine class. All right, are we gods? We are a class… — Kenneth Copeland
Our quarrel is not with Egypt, still less with the Arab world. It is with Colonel Nasser. He has shown that he is not a… — Anthony Eden
Let us be mindful of the foundational precepts our Heavenly Father has given to His children that will establish the basis of a rich and… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Perhaps it is a testament to the power of modern marketing savvy that an obese man with heart disease and high blood pressure became one… — T. Colin Campbell
Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. — John Cheever
As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the… — Stephen Covey
I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of… — Stephen Covey

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