Promise Quotes - Page 8

• I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

  Lena Horne

  People, Made, Kinder

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• Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.

  Jan Schakowsky

  Opportunity, America, Community

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• It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations.

  Thomas Goodwin

  Should Have, Generations, Privilege

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• I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspiring, Horse, Lovely

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2001). “Anger”, p.98, Penguin

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• 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

  Acceptance, Keeping Promises, Greed

  Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams”

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• The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.

  Lewis Carroll

  Food, Yesterday, Cooking

  Though the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.

  Barbara Jordan

  Positive, Believe, Reality

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.

  Ralph Nader

  Government, Hype, People

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• I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

  Carl Sandburg

  Book, Writing, People

  Carl Sandburg, Margaret Sandburg, George Hendrick (1983). “Ever the winds of chance”, Univ of Illinois Pr

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• I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento I will pump up Sacramento.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Pumps, I Can, Sacramento

  "California characters", www.cnn.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.

  Cindy Sherman

  Stories, Photographer, Tease

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• Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Death, 4th Of July, Constitution Of The United States

  Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov. 1789

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• I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

  Andrew Jackson

  Country, Patriotic, Successful

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

  Martin Sheen

  Government, Honest, Persons

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. July 1, 2003.

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• We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us.

  Thomas Goodwin

  Blessing, Christ, Made

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• We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today.

  Herb Kohl

  Senior, Retirement, Real

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• My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.

  Ricardo Lagos

  Country, Jobs, President

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• The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men.

  Nguyen Van Thieu

  Fighting, Men, United States

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• God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

  Bill Hybels

  Father, Appreciate, Heaven

  Bill Hybels (1992). “Honest to God?: Becoming an Authentic Christian”, p.38, Zondervan

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• And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.

  Thomas Goodwin

  Speech, Covenant, Adam

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• Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.

  Tom Harkin

  Cells, Support, Suffering

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• While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.

  Sue Kelly

  Our Veterans, Long, Progress

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• I'll do at least one action film every year because of my fans. This is my promise to them.

  Akshay Kumar

  Years, Fans, Action

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• You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

  Martial

  Giving, Wish, Inheritance

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• Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

  Delphine de Girardin

  Republic, Proof, Fine

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