(1331 quotes found)
“Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day”
German Proverb
“Enemies' promises were made to be broken”
Aesop
“The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.”
Nikita Khrushchev
“Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.”
Karl Barth
“Formula for success: under promise and over deliver”
Tom Peters
“The world can therefore seize the opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind”
George Bush
“Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.”
Anthony Powell
“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
Karl Popper
“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise”
Niccolo Machiavelli
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