#promise

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#break #commitments #keep #losers #make

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#anyone #civilized #creed #curious #every

The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done. ↗

— Charles Williams

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I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

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The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.' ↗

— A. N. Wilson

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No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised. ↗

— Roger Goodell

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To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain. ↗

— Ken Burns

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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ↗

— George W. Bush

#character #civility #commitment #compassion #courage

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

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