Quotes of Pledge - somelinesforyou

“ Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. ”

- Martin Luther

“ Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. ”

- Bernard Baruch

“ Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes… but no plans. ”

- Peter Drucker

“ Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution. ”

- Anthony J. D’Angelo

“ I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. ”

- Arthur James Balfour

“ Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions — it only guarantees equality of opportunity. ”

- Irving Kristol

“ Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich — something for nothing. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? ”

- Woody Allen

“ Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ He was ever precise in promise-keeping. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack. ”

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

“ What the people want is very simple — they want an America as good as its promise. ”

- Barbara Jordan

“ To myself alone do I owe my fame. ”

- Pierre Corneille

“ Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together. ”

- Thomas Otway

“ Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ”

- Ellen Key

“ Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ I cannot promise very much.I give you the images I know.Lie still with me and watch.We laugh and we touch.I promise you love. Time will not take that away. ”

- Anne Sexton

“ Words are all we have. ”

- Samuel Beckett

“ They don't sell insurance for this kind of thing. ”

- Bill Parcells

“ The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday — but never jam today. ”

- Lewis Carroll

“ Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ I 'll warrant him heart-whole. - As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- H.L. Mencken

“ The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds — they mature slowly. ”

- Peter De Vries

“ Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done. ”

- Charles Wesley

“ 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. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay. ”

- Charles Dickens
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