#promises

I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them. ↗

— Gary Locke

#american #american businesses #any #businesses #care costs

He grabbed her face in his hands again. "I want to be with you forever. I want to be beside you every night, holding you close, whispering to you that I love you more than anything in the world, that you turned my whole world upside down just when it needed to be turned upside down. I want to make forever promises to you out loud, in front of God, and I want you to promise to be my woman, my wife, my one and only love, my best friend and my conscience. You're never easy, Ellie, but you're sure never boring..." (Noah Kincaid) ↗

— Robyn Carr

#promises #romance #soul-mates #love

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#breaking #people #pleasure #promises #some

We'll see Heaven together. I promise with all my heart I'll never leave you alone. ↗

— Stacey T. Hunt

#alone #christian #christianity #christians #go

Let God's promises shine on your problems. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#problems #promises #shine #your

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#alone #always #hope #important #keeping

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. ↗

— Mark Caine

#enough #live #other #others #own

Honesty is all I've got," she said finally, speaking in a low voice. "I don't have family. I don't have beauty, or a man. I don't have money, and I sure as hell don't have a future. All I've got to prop up my pride is my word." Her chin rose. "When Jenny Jones says something, you can bet your last peso that it's true. ↗

— Maggie Osborne

#promises #beauty

If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#burden #children #depend #exhaustive #grandchildren