Promise

Famous quotes containing the word promise:

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

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

“I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.”
—George Washington (1732–1799)