Those whom the gods would destroy they first call promising. ~ Jan Carew

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is some thing in them. ~ Christian D. Larson

I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do. ~ Arthur Warwick

Empty promises make for empty stomachs and that's literal. ~ June Caldwell

Never make a promise in haste. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. ~ Jonathan Swift

Where there is an unknowable, there is a promise. ~ Thorton Wilder

The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. ~ George Stephanopolous

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

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. ~ William Hazlitt

Promises are empty words if you're not keeping them. ~ Mike Ditka

If we got one tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~ Will Rogers

He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. ~ Mark Caine