Brother Quote by Godfrey Reggio

So many vows … they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life…

— Anonymous

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind…

— Anonymous

The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“a different order of commitment. We don’t state priorities when we marry, enter a religious order, or commit our lives to something for the…

— Gunilla Norris

The vow that binds too quickly snaps itself.

— Alfred the Great

Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.

— Carol S. Dweck

“The five cardinal vows are: non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy, non-possession. The five casual vows are: bodily purity, contentment, the study of the scriptures, austerity,…

— Mahatma Gandhi

To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.

— Voltaire

It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.

— William Shakespeare

I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember who I was and how I…

— Neil Gaiman

A vow must lead one upwards, never downwards towards perdition.

— Mahatma Gandhi