Promise Quotes - Page 60

We are overcome by the "cares ... of this life" when we are paralyzed by fear of the future, which hinders our going forward in faith, trusting in God and His promises. It is up to each of us to set the priorities and to do the things that make our soil good and our harvest plentiful.

A promise unkept will take a man's mind.

The most he would do was to promise that the gates of hell should not prevail against it. It is about all that, looking back on the history of the Church, one can feel that they have not done.

Every threatening of God, as well as every promise shall be fulfilled.

Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that word 'Whosoever' is a very wide and comprehensive one...My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon Him, and He will deliver.

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.

[Barack Obama failed to sell a health care reform plan to American voters] because the utter implausibility of its central promise - expanded coverage at lower cost - led voters to conclude that it would lead ultimately to more government, more taxes and more debt.

In every life, no matter how full or empty ones purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills. Thus, happiness is a gift, and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes, and to add to other peoples store of it.

as the shadows assume shapes I fight the slow retreat now my once-promise dwindling dwindling now lighting new cigarettes pouring more drinks it has been a beautiful fight still is.

I leafed through the pages, inhaling the enchanted scent of promise that comes with all new books, and stopped to read the start of a sentence that caught my eye.

'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise.

A promise must be about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling a certain way.

You want to know who owns America? A few at the top. And they've got one thing on their mind. No change. Look at Obama, all that hope and promise. No change. He went to Wall Street, had a fundraiser—$35,800 a ticket—and you know who the host was? Goldman friggin' Sachs.

It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them.

I have never compromised on fundamentals. I've always believed in focusing on creating value and not valuation.

The indwelling presence and power of the Spirit are to be sought and received by faith in God's word of promise.

I am ready to compromise, but there is one thing I won't compromise on: the safety of the Israeli people.

One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep.

For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much as personal choice.

And so a person can never promise to love someone forever because you never know what might come up, what terrible thing the person you love might do.

The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal of all basic human rights.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

Once elected, the President 'forgets' all about his promises.

I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you happy, and when you get tired of looking at me, I promise I’ll sing.