Vow Quotes

289 Vow quotes by 233 unique authors

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold. — William Shakespeare
Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true. — William Shakespeare
In the beginning, I would find a character I understood. That was my focus. Not now - but you basically get offered the exact same… — Channing Tatum
Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of… — Andre Gide
Vows begin when hope dies. — Leonardo da Vinci
A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience… — Herman Melville
The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without love, without any… — Paul Gauguin
I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now! — Paul Tillich
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath… — Jim Ryun
After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal… — Edmond Rostand
I'll plant and water, sow and weed, Till not an inch of earth shows brown, And take a vow of each small seed To grow… — E. Nesbit
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned. — William Arthur Ward
Take a vow for a life of service to others. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage. — Madonna Ciccone
Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman like some buried… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about… — Richard Dooling
No penance serves to renew them, no massive transfusions of trust. Why not even revenge can undo them, so twisted these vows and so crushed. — Leonard Cohen
I took a vow of political celibacy. — Mitch Daniels
Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can… — David Shi
The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows. They are polluted off'rings, more abhorred! Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. — William Shakespeare
O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows,… — William Shakespeare
If you shall marry, You give away this hand, and this is mine; You give away heaven's vows, and those are mine; You give away… — William Shakespeare
Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity… — Dalai Lama
White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are there so you… — Richard Rohr

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