Abraham Lincoln Quotes, People Quotes, Promise Quotes

Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive, even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept.

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There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.

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It’s not enough to wish, it’s not enough to dream, it’s not enough to promise. We must do.

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If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them.

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God's word is: 'He who strives never perishes.' I have implicit faith in that promise. Though, therefore, from my weakness I fail a thousand times, I shall not lose faith.

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Don't ask me for promises until I know what I am promising.

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All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

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The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

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Better it is toward the right conduct of life to consider what will be the end of a thing, than what is the beginning of it: for what promises fair at first may prove ill, and what seems at first a disadvantage, may prove very advantageous.

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Uncorseted, her friendly bust Gives promise of pneumatic bliss.

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Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

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He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.

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In every life, no matter how full or empty ones purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills. Thus, happiness is a gift, and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes, and to add to other peoples store of it.

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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.

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Great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform.

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Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.

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He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

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The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

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Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers.

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We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

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