Promising Quotes

227 quotes by 209 authors

Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little. — William J. Clinton
If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it. — Paulo Coelho
Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral values,… — Fethullah Gulen
The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us but can call… — Abraham Lincoln
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier… — Anita Brookner
I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. — LeBron James
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing… — H. L. Mencken
We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species… — Carl Sagan
To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are too poor to… — Thomas Jefferson
The Cold War may be 'over' for the West. For the Soviets it has entered a new, active and promising phase. — Anatoliy Golitsyn
One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men… — Pope Benedict XVI
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more… — Barack Obama
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It… — H.G. Wells
Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic progress.… — Ludwig Erhard
Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. — Robertson Davies
Something is not yet right and ripe in our human society at the beginning of the 21st century and third millennium: missing is an unprecedented… — Robert Muller
As a city powered by our country's knowledge economy, Toronto will continue to benefit from developing, attracting and retaining the world's most promising young researchers… — Peter Van Loan
Children can take lessons in that school via the Internet and can score extra points like e.g. in Geography or History. That sounds very promising… — Anatoly Karpov
She gave me a pledge card, a card promising an annual gift of $5, $10, or $25 toward the support of the Unity mission. I… — Charles Portis
Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere… — Robert Browning

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