#promise

Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one. "That’s what I was supposed to say..." he gasped out. Those were his last words. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #struggle

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#coronal #ender-s #game #gingerberad #graff

A promise is only as good as the person who makes it. The character of the promiser is what gives the promise its value. His promises are meant to ignite faith and expectation and desire, and then to point us to Him. His promises act to bind our hearts to His. His promises turn our eyes toward Him. When our hearts are occupied with who He is, it will not be hard to believe what He promises to do. The revelation of His person is the secret to trusting His promises. ↗

— Jennifer K Dean

#faith

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#end #every #every man #impudent #man

America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#best #contributions #deal #deficit #economy

We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#building #finance #iraqis #matter #mission

The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#art #bands #business #compromise #dangerous

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

#choice #commercial #compromise #conscious #gain

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

I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#any #burn #continued #decent #europe