#promise

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#before #believers #came #contain #david

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#devastating #lot #misfortune #more #sudden

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it. ↗

— David Sylvian

#bad #bad thing #compromise #little #need

Never promise more than you can perform. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#never #perform #promise #than #you

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law. ↗

— Andrew Thomas

#before #community #corrupt #god #i

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made. ↗

— Amy Vanderbilt

#compromises #discarded #etiquette #field #find

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.” Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #tasha-ozera #advice

I never want to compromise my act just to get a laugh. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#compromise #get #i #just #laugh

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed. But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#america #because #disappointment #division #gave

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#family #heal #help #obama #oceans