Broken Promises Quotes - Page 6

• Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

  Anton Chekhov

  Inspirational, Writing, Moon

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• Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

  Ovid

  Happiness, Happy, Hurt

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• Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

  Patti Davis

  Broken Heart, Vision, Would Be

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• When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones.

  Peter De Vries

  Broken Heart, Home, Thinking

  Peter De Vries (2014). “The Tunnel of Love: A Novel”, p.85, University of Chicago Press

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• A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

  Laozi

  Broken Heart, Acceptance, Tree

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come from lives with broken promises.

  Helen Prejean

  People, Broken, Faithful

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• Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Broken, Lazy, Rules And Regulations

  "MacArthur Close-Up". Book by William Addleman Ganoe, 1962.

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• Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

  Aesop

  Broken, Promise, Enemy

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.47, Pelekanos Books

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