"He loses his thanks who promises and delays." — Proverb

More Broken Promises Quotes

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• Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this… — Hannah Arendt
• Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
• At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. — Henry Adams
• I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
• Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. — Bernard Baruch
• Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the… — Simone de Beauvoir
• Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government. — Buffalo Bill
• The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte
• The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,… — Charlotte Bronte
• Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. — Warren Buffett
• The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. — John Burroughs
• Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. — Albert Camus

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