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:

    He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    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)