For those who ponder over the worth of a promise in today’s world, sometimes, it gets hard not to lose sleep over the words not kept. Here goes a few quotes on promises, kept or otherwise.
1. Jennifer Donnelly in A Northern Light…
2. Writes Jarod Kintz in This Book is Not FOR SALE.
The ugliest irony of promises…
3. Pierce Brown, Golden Son
Especially the ones that talk of the stars…
4. In Bernard Baruch’s words
No words given, no words lost.
5. Dire Straits, Romeo and Juliet
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
6. In the words of Robert W. Service.
So, is the debt ever written off?
7. The poet, Hal Borland, writes about promises
The seasons are promise bound – us, not so much.
8. Words by Edgar Watson Howe..
Don’t ever trust those promises unspoken
9. An Arabian Proverb…
It doesn’t rain much in Arab nations, does it?
10. Something to look forward to according to David Nicholas
And we keep running to that light all our lives
11. Mark Twain hits where it matters…
Because some people don’t even have pieces of broken promises to hold on to.
12. From yours truly…
Just for promise’ sake – nothing else.