Quotes by Keeping Promises One promises much, to avoid giving little. Luc de Clapiers keeping-promises generosity giving Making promises to myself, in my personal writing practice, has been important to me all my life. In practical application it is so much easier for me to make promises to others, and keep them, than it is to make promises to myself. "Why is that?" and the answer I gave myself is that in making promises to others I create a model of accountability and reinforcement. I duplicate that in my writing and have grown increasingly better at making and keeping promises to myself. Mary Anne Radmacher keeping-promises practice writing Now he found out a new thing--namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. Mark Twain keeping-promises body world Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth. Mahatma Gandhi kept-promises keeping-promises truth The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. Napoleon Bonaparte keeping-promises communication war The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. Niccolo Machiavelli keeping-promises broken past A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. Niccolo Machiavelli art-of-war keeping-promises philosophical Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. Norman Douglas keeping-promises mean thinking Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. Norman Vincent Peale funny-life keeping-promises baby Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned. Ovid kept-promises keeping-promises broken-promises Deliver more than you promise. Patricia Ryan kept-promises keeping-promises promise Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans. Peter Drucker keeping-promises inspirational commitment Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. Stephen Covey keeping-promises integrity reality Private victories precede public victories. Stephen Covey keeping-promises victory success It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves. Stephen Covey keeping-promises personality character Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught. Sydney J. Harris keeping-promises summer winter Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. Thomas Fuller keeping-promises broken-promises advice Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them. Thomas Fuller keeping-promises broken-promises nice If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. Will Rogers keeping-promises greed acceptance Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. William Hazlitt keeping-promises people commitment «123»
