Promise Quotes

“I wait, you play. You speak, I cave. I promise, you break. You game me, daily, you play me.”
― Jamie Weise

“Stay with me. I’ll show you things that’ll make you laugh in delight, scream in passion, cry for the sheer joy of it.”
― Nalini Singh, Angels' Pawn

“A promise made is a debt unpaid”
― Robert W. Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee

“Grief, regret, pain, and of course anger. Another loss. And when you compare this one loss to the hundreds and maybe thousands that occur people stop thinking they matter. It does matter though. Every loss matters.”
― Natalie Valdes, Pinky Promise?

“I will be loyal to my Clan above everything. What I want doesn't matter. The Clan must always come first.”
― Erin Hunter, Crookedstar's Promise

“Wherever it takes me, good to know in the end, it’ll lead back to you.”
― Kristen Ashley, Rock Chick Renegade

“I don’t know, man.” I sighed. “I can’t explain it. I guess that’s just what happens when we live. Nobody is promised anything. That’s why life’s so precious”
― Rachel Van Dyken, Ruin

“Still I promise myself, "Next time I will do better" in the all-too-human conceit that I will always be offered a "next time.”
― Robin Hobb, Golden Fool

“For the rest of history, for most of us, our bright promise will always fall short of being actualised; it will never earn us bountiful sums of money or beget exemplary objects or organisations....

Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or a bicycle.”
― Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

“Lihat, ini Arok, yang tetap mempertahankan Tumapel. Dia dan pasukannya akan mempertahankannya sampai titik darah terakhir. Bukan karena imbalan uang, emas dan perak dan singgasana. Hanya karena kesetiaan pada janji.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Arok dedes

“The road ahead is unknown to all. I cannot offer you wisdom or guidance. Only the promise that I will never leave you.”
― Andrea Cremer, Rift

“For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much as
personal choice.”
― Ann Aguirre, Aftermath

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

“The pressure of his touch through my jacket and my sweater was more assurance than any promise ever made to me. It was a touch that said, I have your back and I am here for you. If a girl wasn't careful, she could fall in love with a touch like that.”
― Justina Chen Headley, North of Beautiful

“Your promise is your liability.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Now a promise made is a debt unpaid,
and the trail has its own stern code.”
― Robert W. Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee

“Chase.” He cleared his throat and shook his head once. “That girl means everything to me. Which means her baby does, too. I will never do to you what you did to Harper and me. But know this. If you do not take care of them, and cherish them . . . I will not hesitate again to beat the living shit out of you. You get me?”

“I got you. I love them, I’ll always take care of them.”
― Molly McAdams, Stealing Harper

“I made no threats, that was a promise.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“One often has to do what they have to do in order to do what they want to do; however if you only do what you want to do then you will never do what you have to do!”
― Dr. C. Moorer, From Failure to Promise: An Uncommon Path to Professoriate

“Having a sister, mom says, is a place only the two of them will share, made of secrets they never have to say aloud - but if they did, it would be in a language only the two of them could speak. Having a sister is a promise no one but the two of you can make - and no one but the two of you can break.”
― Courtney Summers, The Project

“Love meant hope. Without love, life held no promise.”
― Christie Craig, Shut Up and Kiss Me

“As the alluring song of September begins to whisper in my ear, my passionate spirit yearns for the splendor of its promise.”
― Peggy Toney Horton

“Say yes, Jenny. Promise you'll marry me. Promise you'll still be here, driving me crazy and loving me when we're little and old and surrounded by grandchildren. Promise that you'll let me love you until I take my last breath. Promise.”
― Maggie Osborne, The Promise of Jenny Jones

“Silverkit took a step forward and peered past him at Oakheart, who was standing on the far side of the clearing, watching them. Then she stared up at Crookedstar, her bright blue eyes shimmering. She was so like her mother — and like him, too, in the shape of her ears and the length of her tail. Crookedstar gazed down at her, feeling a lifetime of hope open up in front of him. For the first time that day he felt the warmth of the sun. Watch over us, Willowbreeze. We still need you.
“You’re really just training?” Silverkit mewed. “Do you promise?”
“I promise.” Crookedstar ached with joy. “I’m your father, Silverkit, and that means I will always keep my promises.”
― Erin Hunter, Crookedstar's Promise

“What do you believe, Ra? I’ll believe whatever you say.” The Monk turns at her, his complete attention now at her eyes.

Mee-Hae doesn’t reply for a long time. A High Grade’s words have weight; she must now think through what leaves her lips.”
― Misba, The Oldest Dance

“Hope and faith underlie a promise,
and love energizes men to realize it.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Promise has faith as premise.
Only men of faith can promise.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“... No matter the intent or heartfelt emotion, not all promises could be kept.”
― Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dragonbane

“If it helps you to understand Kathleen a little better,” she said uncertainly, “perhaps I should explain something. Will you swear on your honor to keep it in confidence?"

“Of course,” Devon said readily. Having no honor, he never hesitated to promise something on it.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Cold-Hearted Rake

““Yuan, what if death is the key? Will we know everything, all secrets, all answers after we die?”
“Maybe,” Yuan replied then, wanting to avoid the topic, not admitting he’d been thinking the same thing for a while. At that time, everyone thought of death, at least several times a day, just as people pray at every dawn and dusk.

“Give me your word, Yuan,” Ruem then said, suddenly.
“What word?”
“That if you die before me, you’ll try your best to send me signs or a message. You’ll tell me what’s beyond.”

Yuan only stared after what Ruem had said. He couldn’t say what if there was no beyond, what if it’s all empty, what if it’s just a dark void after death. He couldn’t answer, seeing Ruem’s blue eyes. Now that he remembers, the Mesmerizer had blue eyes then, before they turned red.

“I give my word, Yagmur. If I die first, I will tell you everything I find, even if it requires me to come back after death,” Ruem promised. “If the beyond exists, that is,” he added.

That day, Yuan gave his word too, and the word still remains. Someone truly evolved never breaks his word. Not even in death.”
― Misba, The High Auction