Promises Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old promises quotes, promises sayings, and promises proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep. Anthony Hitt
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. Norman Vincent Peale
Nobody gets any guarantees. John Engler
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. Hannah Arendt
You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office. Joe Moore
It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them. Boris Johnson
You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. Mark Caine
Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. William Hazlitt
If being recalled is the price for keeping one's promises, then so be it. Russell Pearce
You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example. Fred Thompson
The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. William Lyon MacKenzie
Some people still make promises and keep those they make. When they do, they help make life around them more stably human. Lewis B. Smedes
Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans. Tom Rooney
There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on. Paul Castellano
Better a broken promise than none at all. Mark Twain
If you make the customer a promise... make sure you deliver it. Merv Griffin
When you make a promise, keep it. Zig Ziglar
A promise made is a debt unpaid. Robert W. Service
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. Samuel Johnson
Never promise more than you can perform. Publilius Syrus
Promise is most given when the least is said. George Chapman
Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do. Marilyn vos Savant
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made. Edgar Watson Howe
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise. Lou Holtz
A promise must never be broken. Alexander Hamilton
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. Napoleon Bonaparte
All promise outruns performance. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. German Proverb
Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. Thomas Fuller
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. Niccolo Machiavelli