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)

    Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
    And make me travel forth without my cloak,
    To let base clouds o’ertake me in my way,
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)