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Promises Quotes
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. (Quote by - Arabian Proverb)
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. (Quote by - Hannah Arendt)
Oaths are but words, and words but wind. (Quote by - Samuel Butler)
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. (Quote by - Niccolo Machiavelli)
See the Gospel Church secure, And founded on a Rock! All her promises are sure; Her bulwarks who can shock? Count her every precious shrine; Tell, to after-ages tell, Fortified by power divine, The Church can never fail. (Quote by - Charles Wesley)
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. (Quote by - Bernard M. Baruch)
When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. (Quote by - Proverb)
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. (Quote by - German Proverb)
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. (Quote by - Niccolo Machiavelli)
Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. (Quote by - Dutch Proverb)
A promise is a comfort for a fool. (Quote by - Proverb)
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)