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"Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit by the cheat distrust the deceiver; and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence."
"The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change... [Truth's] mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past."
"Arise, awake! This path is arduous. So we learn from the wise, and we have to follow in the footsteps of the wise. The path of spirituality is not a bed of roses. But neither is it a chimerical mist. The Golden Shores of the Beyond are not a mere promise. The crown of human aspiration is bound to be fulfilled on the Golden Shores of the Beyond."
"Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing."
"Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting."
"We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made."
"Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood."
"If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce."
"I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends."
"Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life."
"Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise."
"In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence."
"I bring good tidings to our beloved Prophet Muhammad: Allah's promise and the Prophet's prophecy of our victory in Palestine over the Jews and over the oppressive Zionists has begun to come true."
"Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise."
"I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgments."
"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
"Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only of a greater. Put not all your reserves into the first throw; the great trick is to dole out strength, and to dole out mind, in such a fashion as to bring forward increasingly the fulfillment of what was expected of you."
"I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you vomit them out upon my face."
"Tomorrow is not a promise, but a chance."
"Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt."
