Quotes by Promise Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after Emma Goldman givingheavenpromise Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination. Emma Goldman menphilosophypromise A person who searched rooms, brandished pistols, dangled promises of half a million franc fees for nameless services and then wrote instructions to Polish spies might reasonably be regarded with suspicion. But suspicion of what? Eric Ambler spyhalfpromise I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day. Eric Cantor meanlookspromise You cannot starve a man who is feeding on God's promises. Eric Christian Olsen christianmenpromise It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. Eric Hoffer powerevilpromise not keeping a promise is the same as lying! Eric Jerome Dickey lyingpromise Every principle has a promise. Eric Thomas principlespromise Our code is different from the warrior code. It reaches across boundaries. To us, every cat is simply that — a cat, with the same right to life as any other. We made a promise to heal and protect, remember? Erin Hunter warriorcatpromise You know how I feel about you, Bluefur. I'd do my best to make you happy, I promise. And I'll love your kits as though they were my own. Erin Hunter make-you-happylovepromise God has laid upon us many severe trials in this world, but He has created labour for us, and all is compensated. Thanks to labour, the bitterest tears are dried; a serious consoler, it always promises less than it bestows; a pleasure unparalleled, it is still the salt of other pleasures. Everything abandons you -- gaiety, wit, love -- labour alone is always present. Ernest Legouve serioustearspromise If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. Epictetus progressperfectionpromise Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the promise and prospect of a transcendent world - far beyond the limits of our human experience - and it remains human, all too human. Ernst Cassirer errorsgivingpromise Your dreams are the product of your longings, a portrait of your potential, and a promise of your future. Erwin McManus portraitsdreampromise There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance, and be receptive to any proselytizing ideology, however absurd and vicious, which promises vast action. Eric Hoffer populationactionpromise Promises were made for people who do not trust each other. Ethel M. Dell madepeoplepromise People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work. Ethan Zuckerman agreementpeoplepromise There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn. Eric Hoffer evokebitternesspromise I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise. Etty Hillesum specialtryingpromise No sentence can be effective if it contains facts alone. It must also contain emotion, image, logic, and promise. Eugene Schwartz emotionfactspromise«1819202122232425262728»
