Promise Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Promise
We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We make promises of a lifetime when we don't even know what's gonna happen the next moment — ShaisZ Copy Share Image
The most important promises are the ones we make to ourselves. The promises we makes to ourselves are the things that assure us we… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The promises we break are usually such as we are most forward in making. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection,… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with… — Cliff Curtis Copy Share Image
We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain? — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you ponder the scriptures and begin to do what you covenanted with God to do, I can promise you that you will feel… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many people expect, just as they did then, "those at the top" to make all their decisions for them: Please get us work, and… — Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Copy Share Image