Promise Quotations | Page 6

A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.

She mediated, by turns, on broken promises and broken arches, phaetons and false hangings, Tilneys and trap-doors.

A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.

This project is a promise to the community and has been delayed several times. The longer it waits, the more money that will be spent in order to make it a reality.

This promise has never changed and will not change in the future.

We have a promise not to let our debt grow faster than our economy, ... I'm concerned. I'm taking action.

America is promises to take! America is promises to us to take them.

You're a very difficult person to manipulate, you know." "Nonsense," he said. "You just have to promise me that I won't have to do a thing, and then I'll do anything you want." "Anything?" "Anything that doesn't require doing anything." "That's nothing, then." "Is it?" "Yes." "Well, that's something.

It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that." "Then I will remain and help," Marasi said. "That is that." "And I could really use some food," Wayne added. "Fat is fat.

His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

My faceless neighbor spoke up: “Don’t be deluded. Hitler has made it clear that he will annihilate all Jews before the clock strikes twelve.” I exploded: “What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet? His cold eyes stared at me. At last he said, wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.

He lifts her breasts, which fit perfectly into his hands, though he knows this is no promise that he gets to keep them. A million things you can't have will fit in a human hand.

All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out.

The death of something living is the price of our own survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.

...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions.

There buds the promise of celestial worth.

Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.

Campaign promises are - by long democratic tradition - the least binding form of human commitment.

I promise to crush Israel and return it to the humiliation and wretchedness of the Koran.

I think the beauty of images is that they are by definition fetishes and every image (banal or not) as a fetish holds within it the promise of a sensuousness that (without generalizing) at least I, as a human being, am drawn to.

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.

The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for the future. The next step discloses itself only out of a discernment of God acting in the desert of the present moment. The reality of naked trust is the life of the pilgrim who leaves what is nailed down, obvious, and secure, and walks into the unknown without any rational explanation to justify the decision or guarantee the future. Why? Because God has signaled the movement and offered it his presence and his promise.

[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he gives us strength and and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity." (Dallas Willard in Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning)

Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.

And you fall, and you crawl, and you break, what you get, and you turn it into honesty and promise you're never going to find you're faking, no no no.

How sad they are, the promises we never return to. They stay in our mouths, roughen the tongue, lead lives of their own.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.

Some promises are better left unsaid

There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.

The left promises abortion rights and cradle to the grave protection, so the trick is to make it to the cradle.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.

God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises...

Liberation is an evershifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises.

We believe only in deeds and acts and not in declarations. We are fed up with all those declarations, promises ..

If we are to reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions. Not in exchange for promises, but rather in exchange for peace.

Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.

One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep.

I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.

Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep.

God's promises are not always fulfilled as quickly as or in the way we might hope; they come according to His timing and in His ways.

It is my prayer that patience will be a defining characteristic of we who hold the priesthood of Almighty God; that we will courageously trust the Lord's promises and His timing; that we will act toward others with the patience and compassion we seek for ourselves; and that we will continue in patience until we are perfected.

God offers to His children the promise of a glorious and infinite existence and has provided a way for us to progress in knowledge and glory until we receive a fulness of joy. He has promised us all that He has.

[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.

What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?

The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.

Prayer, like faith, obtains promises, enlarges their operation, and adds to the measure of their results.

We have made a promise to the people of the state that we will provide them good governance and we will try and keep to our promise.

When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?

There is life after sports. What we're trying to do is give you some skills to be successful out in the real world. I promise you I will take people to dinner or lunch for interviews, and I will watch how they eat to see if they have proper manners. It tells so much about a person.

voluntarily and personally released me from my promise of confidentiality regarding our conversations.

There is a view out there that somehow B.C. doesn't get to do these things, ... We are trying to be true to the promise made by Prime Minister (Paul) Martin that we want to make sure that no part of the country feels left behind.

You look at the promise that ethanol gives us. We'd want to look at what's the right way to do it. Do you do it with tax credits, do you do it with incentives, do you do it with subsidies? But we sure as heck want to jump-start that.

You look at the tight ends we had out here practicing. We had four guys who have never taken a snap, and I promise you we're going to be pretty good at tight end.

This special session will provide a focused way to deliver on that promise without the influence of other issues,

This starts to bring out the promise of corporate applications available anytime, anywhere.

The PROMISE Bill had an amendment that could be very important to the classified staff as well as faculty in higher education.

The promise of a cut in interest rates before the year's end is a safety net under the market.

The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected.

The promise of increased profit is too enticing for industry to give up on Terminator seeds.

The promise of stem cell research is that instead of prescribing medication and rehabilitation for people with heart attacks, strokes, spinal cord injuries and Alzheimer's disease, we will cure them.

The promise of the early web was that everyone could have a website but there was something missing. Maybe the technology wasn't ready.

The promise of the next-generation Internet is dependent upon there being investment in next-generation networks. If you're going to expand these networks, how are you going to earn a return on that investment?" ()

The promise of the platform is that thousands of distributors would be unable to cheat 180Solutions and 180 users.

The promise was I was going to do a Lambeau Leap into the glass, but I got so wrapped up in the moment, I didn't know what I was doing out there.

When government gets out of the way, the people achieve great things because of the promise of great rewards.

When we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract

I want to avoid personal attacks, ... I promise not to make fun of your singing.

We're not going to be able to promise those born in the 1940s any great tax cuts. That's the first difference this evening.

We are pissed. People are upset and people are mad, which is normal. But we know all we can do is fight through it. I can only promise we won't give up. We'll come out and try every time. That's our job. That's all we can do.

We're not going to induce people to play. We're not going to promise financial gain by playing the lottery.

We promise a whole day's worth of great music and a great opportunity to learn about Florida's folk traditions in a fun way.

We promise to respect people of all creeds: those who are Christians, Muslims as well as those who have decided not to follow any religion.

We promise to resume the water supply after four days. I think the quality will be no problem, because our monitoring department will take a close look at water quality.

We promise to stay away from greasy fried food. That's unhealthy.

We are seeing more and more folks coming into our office seeking services, people who have come to this country for something better and the promise of assistance. But when they come here, they are expected to prostitute, or they're expected to sell drugs.

We are satisfied with the results of the Independent Validation to confirm the promise of the Triplex Assay TM ... While we were not initially happy with the suggestion of a discount for GDI, we believe that with the addition of the Series 1 Warrants and Series 2 Warrants, the shareholders of GDI will be in a good position when we deliver the value that the Triplex Assay TM is capable of.

We're not talking about using it to build new roads or dams or power lines. We're talking about giving it to businessmen who promise to build something that they'll profit from and leaders that are so desperate to rebuild that they are willing to do it.

We worked a plan and it worked. The ball feels good in my hand. I made a promise to 'The Bus'. I promised him I would get him back to Detroit. We're going and I'm so happy.

We start from eighth place in the constructors' championship, any improvement is satisfying and we have to make as big a step as we can. I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

We start from P8 in the Constructors'. I do not promise podiums or victories this year, but we will put everything in place to make sure we get there.

We're excited to have Manny back in the Thunder fold and have created opportunities for aspiring soccer players to learn the game from one of the top players, professionals, and positive role models to have come out of Minnesota. We have made a promise to the soccer community to bring the Minnesota soccer people back to the Thunder; this is another major step in fulfilling that promise.

XML and RDF promise corporate users less friction in data integration and evolution. Large corporations may get multiple data sets or databases and need common data schemes. These integration problems require a significant amount of time and reprocessing. They can make for a pretty painful data fusion process. XML and RDF reduce the time it takes...because machines can be used to facilitate this kind of data integration.

Promise you won't forget me, ever. Not even when I'm a hundred.

The future is a bright as the promises of God.

There is no promise God cannot keep, no prayer God will not answer, and no problem too hard for Him to solve.

We live by promises not by explanations.

Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another.

What I promise the game of football is that we will get to the bottom of this one way or the other.

To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the money had been, I would have always fulfilled my promise, as that's the way I am.

I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.

The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity.

Brilliant. [Lasdun] seems to me certainly among the most gifted, vivid, and deft poets now writing in English, and far better than many who are more famous. His capacities are solidly established; his promise is nearly infinite.

And if I am elected, I promise the formation of a new party, a third party, a wild party.

I’ve heard it said that every day you need half an hour of quiet time for yourself, or your Self, unless you’re incredibly busy and stressed, in which case you need an hour. I promise you, it is there. Fight tooth and nail to find time, to make it. It is our true wealth, this moment, this hour, this day.

The fact that these kids are from my hometown makes this especially fun for me. They're a scrappy team and they made a promise that they would represent.

The fact that this raised the hopes of patients and then did not deliver that promise has special poignancy. Science should be based on truth.

I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.

Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.