Promise me one thing: don't take me home until I'm drunk - very drunk indeed.
There must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.
Of all the rash and midnight promises made in the name of love, none, Boone now knew, was more certain to be broken than "I'll never leave you.
it is not that religion is merely useless, it is mischievous. It is mischievous by its idle terrors; it is mischievous by its false morality; it is mischievous by its hypocrisy; by its fanaticism; by its dogmatism; by its threats; by its hopes; by its promises.
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
[Hazel] hissed in frustration. 'I hate eidolons. I thought Piper made them promise to stay away. ' 'Oh. . . ' Frank said, like he'd just had his own daily happy thought. 'Piper made them promise to stay off the ship and not possess any of us. But if they followed us, and used other bodies to attack us, then they're not technically breaking their vow. . . ' 'Great,' Leo muttered. 'Eidolons who are also lawyers. Now I really want to kill them.
God has laid upon us many severe trials in this world, but He has created labour for us, and all is compensated. Thanks to labour, the bitterest tears are dried; a serious consoler, it always promises less than it bestows; a pleasure unparalleled, it is still the salt of other pleasures. Everything abandons you -- gaiety, wit, love -- labour alone is always present.
We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
. . . But the one thing that I would never, ever recover from would be losing you. You made me promise before to go on if that happened, but Bones, I wouldn't want to. - Cat from This Side of the Grave
You should always stand up for what you believe and never stand down to promise or protect your career.
When we have learned the process of faith for receiving healing, we have learned how to receive everything else God promises us in His Word.
The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are less capable of implementing the kind of promises or programs that they have put forward.
Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.
The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal of all basic human rights.
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
Andrea Leadsom promises to publish tax return tomorrow if she gets on ballot - it's boring.
While we wait, God builds our faith in His promises.
Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.
Instead of concentrating on your problems and getting discouraged, focus on God and meditate on His promises for you. You may have fallen down, but you don't have to stay down. God is ready, willing and able to pick you up.