Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise. ~ Thornton Wilder
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? ~ Chuck Palahniuk
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. ~ Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld Quotes
We make big promises to avoid little presents. ~ French Proverbs
Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing. ~ Bernard M. Baruch
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. ~ Peter F. Drucker
To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. ~ Karl Popper
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. ~ Gaelic Proverbs
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
The politician’s promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. ~ Mackenzie King
The future is as bright as the promises of God. ~ William Carey
The day will wipe out all the promises of the night. ~ Iraqi Proverbs
The day cuts off the promise of the night. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. ~Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. ~ William Hazlitt
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. ~ William Penn
Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. ~Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Promises have legs. Only a gift has hands. ~ German Proverbs
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver. ~ Author Unknown
Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. ~ Jonathan Swift
Promised berries will not fill the basket. ~ Latvian Proverbs
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. ~ Samuel Johnson
Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise. ~ Author Unknown
Promise little and do a lot. ~ Hebrew Proverbs
Promise is most given when the least is said. ~ George Chapman
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. ~ Nikita Khrushchev
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing weights lighter than a promise. ~ German Proverbs
No pillows so soft as God’s Promise. ~ Traditional Proverbs
No greater promisers than they who have nothing to give. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one. ~ Brazilian Proverbs
Mother earth promised to tell her secrets to heaven. ~ Serbian Proverbs
Many promises impair confidence. ~ Latin Proverbs
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. ~ Denis Waitley
Life didn’t promise to be wonderful. ~ Teddy Pendergrass
Let God’s promises shine on your problems. ~Corrie Ten Boom
In the land of promise a man may die of hunger. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey. ~ Marcel Proust
If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man. ~ Ovid
He promised me earrings, but then only pierced my ears. ~ Arabian Proverbs
He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~ Traditional Proverbs
He is poor indeed who can promise nothing. ~ Thomas Fuller
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
God’s promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine. ~ David Nicholas
God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
God promised me a fur coat and I’m already sweating. ~ Polish Proverbs
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~ Wayne Dyer Quotes
From the promise to the deed is a day’s journey. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
For every promise, there is price to pay. ~Jim Rohn
Evening promises are like butter: morning comes, and it’s all melted. ~ Moroccan Proverbs
Eggs and promises are easily broken. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Don’t promise something when you are full of joy; don’t answer letters when you are full of anger. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Don’t expect from others what you can’t promise them yourself. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling promise. ~ German Proverbs
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. ~ Simone Weil
April is a promise that May is bound to keep. ~ Hal Borland
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. ~ William Dean Howells
All promise outruns performance. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
A promise made is a debt unpaid. ~ Robert W. Service
A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is the rain. ~ Arabian Proverbs
A politician is known by the promises he keeps. ~ Traditional Proverbs
