An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. - Willia

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

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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 Agar

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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. – Proverb

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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future. – Hannah Arendt

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We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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