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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Quotations regarding 'Promise'

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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
Abdallah II, -
In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them.
Isabelle Adjani, French Actress (1955-  )
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
Spiro T. Agnew, American Politician (1918-1996)
New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.
Daniel Akaka, American Politician (1924-  )
Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases.
Tom Allen, American Politician (1945-  )
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
James Allen, British Author
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
James Lane Allen, American Author (1849-1925)
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer (1942-  )
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
Stephen Ambrose, American Historian (1936-2002)
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
Hannah Arendt, German Historian (1906-1975)
The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.
Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist (1904-2007)
The weather was fine, the valleys literally covered with buffaloe, and everything seemed to promise a safe and speedy movement to the first grove of timber on my route, supposed to be about ten days' march.
William Henry Ashley, American Businessman
Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!
Charles Atlas, -
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
Red Auerbach, American Coach (1917-2006)
I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.
Arthur Balfour, British Statesman (1848-1930)
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.
Honore de Balzac, French Novelist (1799-1850)
Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.
Karl Barth, Swiss Theologian (1886-1968)
Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
Bernard Baruch, American Businessman (1870-1965)
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman (1813-1887)
The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise.
Robert Foster Bennett, American Politician (1933-  )
 
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