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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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• If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

  Barbara Jordan

  Politics, Produce, Propose

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

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• Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.

  Herbert

  Faith, Clever, Civilization

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• One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Biblical, People, Rose

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

  Marlo Thomas

  Success, Children, Father

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• Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.

  Kristin Hannah

  Impression

  Kristin Hannah (2013). “Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again”, p.685, Ballantine Books

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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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• Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

  William Penn

  Wise, Wisdom, Keeping Promises

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

  H. L. Mencken

  Political, Missionary, Debt

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• Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Success, War, Bird

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• The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

  Michelangelo

  Happiness, Success, Hope

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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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• Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Achievement, Faithful, Matter

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• An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

  Red Auerbach

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• What we needed were not words and promises but a steady accumulation of small realities.

  Haruki Murakami

  Life, Reality, Accumulation

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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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• 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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• It is easy to promise, and alas! How easy to forget!

  Alfred de Musset

  Forget, Easy, Alas

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• One promises much, to avoid giving little.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Keeping Promises, Generosity, Giving

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• As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes."

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Gratitude, Adventure, Heartfelt

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• April is a promise that May is bound to keep.

  Hal Borland

  Spring, Keeping Promises, May

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• The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

  William Lyon Mackenzie

  Keeping Promises, Yesterday, Kept Promises

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• I will reflect the finest qualities my friends offer me and remind them of all the promise I see in them.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Quality, Friends Forever, Finest

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.50, Conari Press

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• All promise outruns performance.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Commitment, Performances, Outrun

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• Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Inspirational, Funny, Trust

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

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