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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to per

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

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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. – Abraham Lincoln

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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln

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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. – Danish Proverb

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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. – Peter F. Drucker

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Promise is most given when the least is said. – George Chapman

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He was ever precise in promise-keeping. – William Shakespeare

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