#prom

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#bible #commands #direct #exhortations #god

After that his Majesty was beheaded, the Parliament for some years effected nothing either for the publick peace or tranquillity of the nation, or settling religion as they had formerly promised. ↗

— William Lilly

#beheaded #effected #either #formerly #had

I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#false-promises #life

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#did #future #promise #switch #threat

She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#body-image #bones #dieting #fantasy #feet

Film then does not promote socialist revolution in any consistent way. ↗

— Mark Poster

#consistent #does #film #promote #revolution

While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk. ↗

— Wendell Johnson

#how #into #land #lead #moses

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going. ↗

— Billy Joe Saunders

#frank #get #going #had #i

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#envisioned #euro #indeed #instrument #political

We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#cell #cell research #could #cures #diseases