Quotes by Promise When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem. Herbert Croly purposematterpromise The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. Herbert Croly determinedliteraturepromise Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise. Herbert Croly oceanlandpromise The promises of higher education and previously enviable credentials have turned into the swindle of fulfillment. Henry Giroux credentialsfulfillmentpromise What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. Hermann Broch importantpeoplepromise As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy, articulating what a fair and just world might be, they are increasingly met with forms of physical, ideological and structural violence. Henry Giroux democracypeoplepromise So many dreams, so many disappointments, so many promises. And in the end, they all just vanish. Haruki Murakami disappointmentdreampromise The promises of modernity regarding progress, freedom and hope have not been eliminated; they have been reconfigured, stripped of their emancipatory potential and relegated to the logic of a savage market instrumentality. Henry Giroux savagesprogresspromise I promise myself great pleasure from my visit to England. You know I am to stay with Dickens while in London; and beside his own very agreeable society, I shall enjoy that of the most noted literary men of the day, which will be a great gratification to me. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow londonmenpromise The phantom-host has faded quite, Splendor and Terror gone-- Portent or promise--and gives way To pale, meek Dawn. Herman Melville givingwaypromise We line our lives with beautiful things to create a cushion of stability: the illusion of a cohesive past, the promise of an unclouded future. Holland Cotter beautifulpastpromise The beginning is the promise of the end. Henry Ward Beecher endspromise My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise. Hope Solo nextbrokenpromise The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation. Horatius Bonar salvationpromise Nature has no promise for society, least of all, any remedy for sin. Horace Bushnell remedysinpromise How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain. Horatius Bonar sorrowshiningpromise And finally, be assured that Zen asks nothing even as it promises nothing. One can be a Protestant Zen Buddhist, a Catholic Zen Buddhist or a Jewish Zen Buddhist. Zen is a quiet thing. It listens. Howard Fast buddhistcatholicpromise Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it. Howard Gordon practicelisteningpromise O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair promises, but you never fulfil one; your tongue is smoother than oil, but the poison of asps is under your lip! Hosea Ballou oilcharacterpromise Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves. Howard Nemerov governmentresponsibilitypromise«2728293031323334353637»
