Promises Quotes

1151 Promises quotes by 822 unique authors

One must always be careful of books,' said Tessa, 'and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.' 'I'm not sure… — Cassandra Clare
We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected… — David Rockefeller
I wanted proof, not promises. — Ann Aguirre
I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises. — Ann Aguirre
People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises in the world don’t change the length… — Ann Aguirre
The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for… — Hannah Arendt
Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's… — Suzanne Collins
Things break all the time. Glass and dishes and fingernails. Cars and contracts and potato chips. You can break a record, a horse, a dollar.… — Jodi Picoult
What was she to say? "The prodigal has returned? The mutineer wishes to be reinstated? The subordinate, having gone to a great deal of trouble… — Robin McKinley
In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings… — George Orwell
We don't go to the ocean for anything as simple as happiness, do we? We go there to feel alive. Like life, the ocean holds… — Eileen Wilks
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command… — John Piper
[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their… — Brennan Manning
Promises. I was drowning in promises. — Richelle Mead
I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises. Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was, I've… — Fernando Pessoa
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We kissed for about the thousandth time, No promises, no demands, Just solid rebuilding of shattered trust. — Ellen Hopkins
I have decided to leave Clea’s last letter un-answered. I no longer wish to coerce anyone, to make promises, to think of life in terms… — Lawrence Durrell
Into the silence rips a sound that makes me let go of Max's hand and cover my ears. It is like the strafe of a… — Jodi Picoult
Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was… — Sarah Addison Allen
If politics were a musical, it would be "Promises, Promises". — Ronald Reagan
He sank into that kiss, and fed from me like a starving man holding off famine. I drank from his soul in preparation for the… — Rachel Vincent
No amount of promises can guarantee love — Hanif Kureishi
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits. — William Shakespeare
She craved a presence beside her, solid. Fingertips light at the nape of her neck and a voice meeting hers in the dark. Someone who… — Laini Taylor

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