Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. – William Penn
Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth. – Mohandas Gandhi
A promise is a debt. – Proverb
A liar is always lavish of oaths. – Pierre Corneille
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. – Jean Jacques Rousseau
Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms. – Author Unknown
One promises much, to avoid giving little. – Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. – Peter F. Drucker
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. – William Shakespeare
Each morning I gaze at the eastern horizon, and if the sun keeps its promise, I keep mine. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. – Benjamin Franklin
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs
A politician is known by the promises he keeps. – Author Unknown
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? – Chuck Palahniuk
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. – Karl Popper
But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail. – Fareed Zakaria
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyones letter. – Chinese Proverb
No pillows so soft as Gods Promise. – Anon.
There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give. – Proverb
