Quotes about Promise
Except for some queasiness in the morning or tiredness in the afternoon, Mary may not have noticed any real signs of her pregnancy yet. Elizabeth's words to Mary, then, were a confirmation of God's promise and more powerful than any blood test.
— Liz Curtis Higgs
the Polish people be allowed to have a voice in the kind of govt. they want. Under the Yalta Pact the Soviets agreed they & others would be allowed to do this. The Soviets have never honored that promise.
— Ronald Reagan
By faith he was a stranger in the land of promise, and there was nothing to recall what was dear to him, but by its novelty everything tempted his soul to melancholy yearning — and yet he was God's elect, in whom the Lord was well pleased!
— Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised.
— John Bunyan
As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes."
— Mary Anne Radmacher
Promise yourself success at the beginning of each day, and you'll be surprised how often things will turn out that way.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Remember what I've told you. Remember me.
— Alice Hoffman
Tell me you won't walk away again and I'll call the whole thing off.
— Alice Hoffman
but promise can disappear if you leave it to flounder
— Alice Hoffman
They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much.
— Alice Hoffman
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.
— Joe Biden
I want you to tell them my little story, and then tell them the good news-that when you know Christ, you know there's something better coming.
— Joel Rosenberg