Quotes on Broken Promises

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Promises are worse than lies. You don't just make them believe, you also make them hope.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of our past, we will move ahead together in writing a new, brighter chapter in our joint history.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.