Making a promise is a declaration of doing something. It could be for yourself or others. You are giving your word and ensuring that a particular thing will happen. Be sure to keep your promises, or else don't make them. May these keeping promises quotes give you insights that will help you realize the importance of being true to one's word.
1. “Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.” – Anthony Hitt
2. “I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.” – Jennifer Donnelly
3. “Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.” – Denis Waitley
4. “Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.” – Rick Yancey
5. “A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib
6. “Promises are only as strong as the person who gives them.” – Stephen Richards
7. “No one should have the right to ask you to keep a promise especially if they don't consider all the facts.” – Bree Despain
8. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” – Elizabeth Hoyt
9. “Sometimes life is so complicated to keep promises.” – Lee Monroe
10. “The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.” – Niccolo Machiavelli
11. “Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.” – Thomas Fuller
12. “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
13. “Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.” – Lou Holtz
14. “Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.” – Edgar Watson Howe
15. “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
16. “Never promise more than you can perform.” – Publilius Syrus
17. “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
18. “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
19. “Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.” – William Hazlitt
20. “You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.” – Mark Caine
21. “It is easy to make promises, but it is hard work to keep them.” – Boris Johnson
22. “When a person repeats a promise again and again, it means to fail you.” – Proverb
23. “For every promise, there is price to pay.” – Jim Rohn
24. “We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” – Abraham Lincoln
25. “Never make a promise in haste.” – Mahatma Gandhi
26. “I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character, not wealth or power or position, is of supreme worth.” – J.D. Rockefeller
27. “The reason so many promises are not kept is the same as the reason they are made in the first place.” – Robert Grudin
28. “Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.” – Norman Douglas
29. “Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.” – Benjamin Franklin
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31. “Don’t promise when you’re happy. Don’t reply when you’re angry and don’t decide when you’re sad.” – Anonymous
32. “As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.” – Georgette Heyer
33. “It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.” – Chief Joseph
34. “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.” – C. S. Lewis
35. “Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.” – John Green
36. “In my world, I don't believe in forever promises. I don't think it's realistic.” – Evangeline Lilly
37. “The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.” – Carl Jung
38. “The most important person to keep your promises to, is yourself.” – Anonymous
39. “Broken vows are like broken mirrors. They leave those who held to them bleeding and staring at fractured images of themselves.” – Richard Paul Evans
40. “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” – Mae West
41. “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
42. “There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.” – Gaelic Proverb
43. “Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.” – Mason Cooley
44. “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” – Edmund Burke
45. “Don’t talk, act. Don’t say, show. Don’t promise, prove.” – Anonymous
46. “Fulfilling your promises is the easiest way to get elected, and breaking your promises is the easiest way to get fired.” – Thom Tillis
47. “Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.” – Norman Vincent Peale
48. “A promise made is a debt unpaid.” – Robert Service
49. “Promise is a big word. It either makes something or it break something.” – Anonymous
50. “One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
51. “It’s not what a person tells you that matters. It’s how they treat you that reveals their true feelings. Their character is revealed not by the promises they make, but by the promises they keep.” – Anonymous
52. “Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.” – Thomas Fuller
53. “I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.” – Robert Kiyosaki
54. “People with good intentions make promises. But people with good character keep them.” – Anonymous
55. “I don’t believe in promises because every time I expect, it will lead to nothing but me being broken.” – Glazl Velasco
56. “We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
57. “Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.” – Bernard Baruch
58. “It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.” – Shirley MacLaine
59. “We are enslaved, not by the promise we have made, but by the desire to keep it.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
60. “When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.” – Thomas More
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2. “I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.” – Jennifer Donnelly
3. “Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.” – Denis Waitley
4. “Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.” – Rick Yancey
5. “A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.” – Ali ibn Abi Talib
6. “Promises are only as strong as the person who gives them.” – Stephen Richards
7. “No one should have the right to ask you to keep a promise especially if they don't consider all the facts.” – Bree Despain
8. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” – Elizabeth Hoyt
9. “Sometimes life is so complicated to keep promises.” – Lee Monroe
11. “Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.” – Thomas Fuller
12. “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
13. “Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.” – Lou Holtz
14. “Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.” – Edgar Watson Howe
16. “Never promise more than you can perform.” – Publilius Syrus
17. “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
18. “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
19. “Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.” – William Hazlitt
21. “It is easy to make promises, but it is hard work to keep them.” – Boris Johnson
22. “When a person repeats a promise again and again, it means to fail you.” – Proverb
23. “For every promise, there is price to pay.” – Jim Rohn
24. “We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” – Abraham Lincoln
26. “I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character, not wealth or power or position, is of supreme worth.” – J.D. Rockefeller
27. “The reason so many promises are not kept is the same as the reason they are made in the first place.” – Robert Grudin
28. “Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.” – Norman Douglas
29. “Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.” – Mahatma Gandhi
30. “Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.” – Benjamin Franklin
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31. “Don’t promise when you’re happy. Don’t reply when you’re angry and don’t decide when you’re sad.” – Anonymous
32. “As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.” – Georgette Heyer
33. “It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.” – Chief Joseph
34. “Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.” – C. S. Lewis
35. “Sometimes people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them. But you keep the promise anyway. That’s what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.” – John Green
36. “In my world, I don't believe in forever promises. I don't think it's realistic.” – Evangeline Lilly
37. “The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.” – Carl Jung
38. “The most important person to keep your promises to, is yourself.” – Anonymous
39. “Broken vows are like broken mirrors. They leave those who held to them bleeding and staring at fractured images of themselves.” – Richard Paul Evans
40. “An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” – Mae West
41. “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
42. “There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.” – Gaelic Proverb
43. “Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.” – Mason Cooley
44. “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” – Edmund Burke
45. “Don’t talk, act. Don’t say, show. Don’t promise, prove.” – Anonymous
46. “Fulfilling your promises is the easiest way to get elected, and breaking your promises is the easiest way to get fired.” – Thom Tillis
47. “Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.” – Norman Vincent Peale
48. “A promise made is a debt unpaid.” – Robert Service
49. “Promise is a big word. It either makes something or it break something.” – Anonymous
50. “One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
51. “It’s not what a person tells you that matters. It’s how they treat you that reveals their true feelings. Their character is revealed not by the promises they make, but by the promises they keep.” – Anonymous
52. “Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.” – Thomas Fuller
53. “I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.” – Robert Kiyosaki
54. “People with good intentions make promises. But people with good character keep them.” – Anonymous
55. “I don’t believe in promises because every time I expect, it will lead to nothing but me being broken.” – Glazl Velasco
56. “We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
57. “Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.” – Bernard Baruch
58. “It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.” – Shirley MacLaine
59. “We are enslaved, not by the promise we have made, but by the desire to keep it.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
60. “When a man takes an oath, he's holding his own self in his own hands like water, and if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself again.” – Thomas More
Share these Broken Promises Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.