Breaking Promises Quotes

• It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

  Aeschylus

  Believe, Men, Keeping Promises

  "Fragment 385". Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition, 1919.

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• The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

  William Lyon Mackenzie King

  Keeping Promises, Yesterday, Political

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  Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.

  Thomas Fuller

  Nice, Keeping Promises, Broken Promises

  "An Introduction to Prudence".

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• Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

  Ovid

  Keeping Promises, Broken Promises, Kept Promises

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.304, Delphi Classics

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• Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

  William Hazlitt

  Commitment, Keeping Promises, People

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  But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

  Robert Frost

  Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

  "Stopping byWoods on a Snowy Evening" l. 13 (1923)

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• The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Past, Keeping Promises, Broken

  "At 500, Machiavelli's 'Prince' Still Inspires Love And Fear" by Sylvia Poggioli, www.npr.org. May 27, 2013.

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• Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Baby, Funny Life, Keeping Promises

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• Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

  Thomas Fuller

  Keeping Promises, Advice, Broken Promises

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• Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

  E. W. Howe

  Keeping Promises, People, Broken Promises

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  The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Communication, Keeping Promises

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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  If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Success, Power, Broken Promises

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• Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Commitment, Keeping Promises

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management”, p.123, Routledge

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• Never trust a man when he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Love, Running, Men

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• We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Hope, Fear, Commitment

  "Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

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• Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

  Bernard Baruch

  Disappointment, Freedom, Keeping Promises

  In Meyer Berger New York (1960)

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• And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Doctors, Keeping Promises

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• I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Years, Law

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Philosophical, Art Of War, Keeping Promises

  Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.95, Penguin

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• It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

  Barack Obama

  Keeping Promises, Obamacare, Broken Promises

  "Hannity breaks down the ObamaCare 'disaster'; Assange shares advice for Democratic Party". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 04, 2017.

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• Let God's promises shine on your problems.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Faith, Godly, Shine On

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• Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.

  Hannah Arendt

  Future, Commitment, Keeping Promises

  Hannah Arendt (1972). “Crises of the Republic: Lying in Politics; Civil Disobedience; On Violence; Thoughts on Politics and Revolution”, p.102, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

  Norman Douglas

  Mean, Thinking, Keeping Promises

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