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:

    “As the saffron tints and crimson flushes of morn herald the coming day, so the social and political advancement which woman has already gained bears the promise of the rising of the full-orbed sun of emancipation. The result will be not to make home less happy, but society more holy.”
    —Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911)

    “We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “We laugh and we touch.
    I promise you love. Time will not take away that.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)