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:

    So far as I am concerned, dear, I promise you that very soon I’ll settle down again and write another long three-volume novel, suitable for the most genteel of young women.
    —Jan Read. Robert Day. James Rankin (Boris Karloff)

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

    Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
    Marcel Proust (1871–1922)