Quotes by Promise Every consession gives rise to further concessions, we cannot back down, because behind us there is only an abyss, we must keep our promises and demand that they be kept. Vaclav Havel demandgivingpromise We know the threats - from global terrorist networks to the spread of deadly weapons. Yet we also know that embedded in this time of danger is the promise of a new day, if we have the courage and commitment to work together. Valerie Jarrett new-daycommitmentpromise The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures. Van Jones usualmoonpromise We honor God by asking for great things when they are a part of His promise. We dishonor Him and cheat ourselves when we ask for molehills where He has offered mountains. Vance Havner honorchristianpromise Any leaders who disappoint the people, ideals and promises by which they were appointed are by definition themselves dis-appointed. Vanna Bonta leadershippeoplepromise Yesterday is past. Tomorrow is only a promise. Only today is legal tender. Venita VanCaspel yesterdaypastpromise An oath is a promise-and a promise can be made regardless of feeling. Veronica Rossi madefeelingspromise Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands. Vincent Massey humilityhandspromise Promises are lies wrapped in pretty ribbons -Cinnamon Virginia C. Andrews cinnamonlyingpromise Consumer confidence in an industry can be a very fragile thing. It only takes a few builders who promise but don't deliver, who cheat rather than perform, who delay until the warranty expires rather than repair, to damage the reputation of an entire industry. Virginia Knauer delaydamagepromise Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise. Vincent Van Gogh colorpromiseart If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential. Vivienne Westwood clothesdesignpromise Bourgeois democracy is democracy of pompous phrases, solemn words, exuberant promises and the high-sounding slogans of freedom and equality. But, in fact, it screens the non-freedom and inferiority of women, the non-freedom and inferiority of the toilers and exploited. Vladimir Lenin phrasesdemocracypromise Autocracy cannot do without its twin agents: a hangman and a priest, the first to suppress popular resistance by force, the second to sweeten and embellish the lot of the oppressed with empty promises of a heavenly kingdom. Vladimir Lenin atheismpromisereligion The ultimate promise of technology is to make us master of a world that we command by the push of a button. Volker Grassmuck buttonstechnologypromise One has to be insincere and promise something which you cannot fulfill. So you either have to be a fool who does not understand what you are promising, or deliberately be lying. Vladimir Putin doelyingpromise If the unemployed could eat plans and promises, they would be able to spend the winter on the Riviera. W. E. B. Du Bois would-bewinterpromise Globalization not only has lost its promise but it is embittering many. The forces representing human solidarity and community have no choice but to step in quickly to convince the disenchanted masses that, indeed, as the banner of World Social Forum in Porto Alegre proclaims, “Another world is possible.” Walden Bello communitychoicespromise Words are for those with promises to keep. W. H. Auden promise Credit means that a certain confidence is given, and a certain trust reposed. Is that trust justified? And is that confidence wise? These are the cardinal questions. To put it more simply credit is a set of promises to pay; will those promises be kept? Walter Bagehot wisemeanpromise«8081828384858687888990»
