Promise Quotes

Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into a sinking ship.

I made, over the years in Cambridge, several very good American friends, and America appeared to me, a land of promise in every sense of that word, a land of freedom from the inhibitions and restrictions that I felt in England.

The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

If you make the customer a promise... make sure you deliver it.

I'll do at least one action film every year because of my fans. This is my promise to them.

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation.

If you look closely enough, amid the merciless and the bitter, there is always the chance that you may find comfort and the promise of something good.

While I can't promise you that I'm going to be a perfect candidate and I can't promise you that I'm not going to make mistakes, I can unequivocally promise you that no one, no one, will work harder on your behalf, no one will fight harder with you and no one will make you more proud.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

Never promise more than you can perform.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.

While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.

Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.