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Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
Promises
Edgar Watson Howe

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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
Action
William Dean Howells

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It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.
Compromise
Elbert Hubbard

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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Advertising
Samuel Johnson

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Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Self-worth
Janis Joplin

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A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul.
Men
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build A bridge even where there is no river.
Politicians and Politics
Nikita Khrushchev

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The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.
Taxes and Taxation
Mackenzie King

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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
Motivation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
Love
John Lennon

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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
Vow
Abraham Lincoln

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
Promises
Niccolo Machiavelli

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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Promises
Niccolo Machiavelli

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America is promises to take! America is promises to us to take them.
America
Archibald Macleish

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Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today.
The future
James T. Mccay

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
Pleasure
Moliere

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Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
Courage
Thomas S. Monson

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God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
Promises
Dwight L. Moody

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Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
Promises
Ovid

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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
Children
Ovid

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

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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Hell
Karl Popper

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He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
Promises
Proverb

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There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
Promises
Proverb

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He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
Repentance
Francis Quarles

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