Promise

Promise

A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something.

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Famous quotes containing the word promise:

    “The appeal of the New Right is simply that it seems to promise that nothing will change in the domestic realm. People are terrified of change there, because it’s the last humanizing force left in society, and they think, correctly, that it must be retained.”
    —Gerda Lerner (b. 1920)

    “At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.”
    —Titus Livius (Livy)