35 Inspiring Quotes About Promises

Promises are the threads that weave trust and hope into the fabric of our relationships and aspirations. Whether it's a pledge to a loved one, a commitment to personal growth, or a vow to effect positive change, promises hold a profound power to inspire and motivate. In this collection, we've gathered 35 of the most inspiring quotes about promises, each encapsulating the essence of commitment and the transformative impact it can have on our lives. Dive in to explore words of wisdom from renowned thinkers, authors, and leaders who remind us of the enduring strength and beauty found in keeping one's word.

1. “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” - Anonymous

2. “I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses...” - J.K. Rowling

3. “If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the "creative temperament"--it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again. No--Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. “The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.” - Aldous Huxley

5. “The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what one has done──is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.” - Hannah Arendt

6. “One often has to do what they have to do in order to do what they want to do; however if you only do what you want to do then you will never do what you have to do!” - Dr. C. Moorer

7. “We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.” - Orson Scott Card

8. “I'm gonna fight for you, until your heart stops beating.” - Stephenie Meyer

9. “You’d better not be messing with me. I like you, but if you’re feeding me a load of shit just to get some action, I’m going to plug a big silver stake right through your heart.(Cat)” - Jeaniene Frost

10. “Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held.He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the rail as he tried to lean over far enough to get me and actually hold onto me.“Let go of me!” I yelled back.But he was too strong and managed to haul most of me over the rail, enough so that I wasn’t in total danger of falling again.See, here’s the thing. In that moment before I let go, I really had been contemplating my death. I’d come to terms with it and accepted it. I also, however, had known Dimitri might do something exactly like this. He was just that fast and that good. That was why I was holding my stake in the hand that was dangling free.I looked him in the eye. "I will always love you."Then I plunged the stake into his chest.It wasn’t as precise a blow as I would have liked, not with the skilled way he was dodging. I struggled to get the stake in deep enough to his heart, unsure if I could do it from this angle. Then, his struggles stopped. His eyes stared at me, stunned, and his lips parted, almost into a smile, albeit a grisly and pained one."That’s what I was supposed to say. . .” he gasped out.Those were his last words.” - Richelle Mead

11. “and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928,” - Ray Bradbury

12. “Stay with me. I’ll show you things that’ll make you laugh in delight, scream in passion, cry for the sheer joy of it.” - Nalini Singh

13. “For the rest of history, for most of us, our bright promise will always fall short of being actualised; it will never earn us bountiful sums of money or beget exemplary objects or organisations....Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the wrong side of the line, our dealings with reality undermined by a range of minor yet critical psychological flaws (a little too much optimism, an unprocessed rebelliousness, a fatal impatience or sentimentality). We are like an exquisite high-speed aircraft which for lack of a tiny part is left stranded beside the runway, rendered slower than a tractor or a bicycle.” - Alain De Botton

14. “I wait, you play. You speak, I cave. I promise, you break. You game me, daily, you play me.” - Jamie Weise

15. “Lihat, ini Arok, yang tetap mempertahankan Tumapel. Dia dan pasukannya akan mempertahankannya sampai titik darah terakhir. Bukan karena imbalan uang, emas dan perak dan singgasana. Hanya karena kesetiaan pada janji.” - Pramoedya Ananta Toer

16. “The pressure of his touch through my jacket and my sweater was more assurance than any promise ever made to me. It was a touch that said, I have your back and I am here for you. If a girl wasn't careful, she could fall in love with a touch like that.” - Justina Chen Headley

17. “I want you forever, not just for tonight.” - Sylvain Reynard

18. “Grief, regret, pain, and of course anger. Another loss. And when you compare this one loss to the hundreds and maybe thousands that occur people stop thinking they matter. It does matter though. Every loss matters.” - Natalie Valdes

19. “The Father is truly the only Promise Maker who is in earnest a Promise Keeper. A promise from God is a promise kept.” - Sheila Walsh

20. “Just say, dakhilak.”Without hesitation, “Dakhilak.”He nodded. Her accent was getting no better. “Now, you can never take it back.”“Well, what does it mean? Thank you?”She should have asked sooner. He didn’t turn to meet the gaze he felt on him, his voice full of sand, his stomach sick. “It gives me charge of your life.” - V.S. Carnes

21. “Say yes, Jenny. Promise you'll marry me. Promise you'll still be here, driving me crazy and loving me when we're little and old and surrounded by grandchildren. Promise that you'll let me love you until I take my last breath. Promise.” - Maggie Osborne

22. “[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.” - Tahir Shah

23. “Promise me we'll stay together, okay?" His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes to swim in, to float in, forever. "You and me.""I promise," I say.Behind us the door creaks open, and I turn around, expecting Raven, just as a voice cuts through the air: "Don't believe her.” - Lauren Oliver

24. “For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much aspersonal choice.” - Ann Aguirre

25. “Right now he was nothing but a physically hurt man who had been through hell and back, clinging to his promise. “We be... together. More than just... few... hours. Wanna die... with you. Not... alone.” Fought to stay awake, needed to spend every second with Vadim while he could.Vadim kissed that hand again, looked up. “We won’t die. We'll never die. I promise. He’d promise anything, meant it, would die defending this man, would live and die and suffer for him.” - Aleksandr Voinov

26. “We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone. Everything we love will be taken from us, everything, last of all life itself. Yet everywhere I look, I find great beauty in this battlefield, and grace and the promise of joy.” - Dean Koontz

27. “It's not that I can't live without you; it's that I don't want to. There's a difference. We all make choices in life and I choose you.My heart belongs to you. And I'm not asking for it back, even if you won't want it anymore. I'm just asking for a chance to have your again. I promise I'll be more careful with it this time.” - J. Sterling

28. “You cry, girl. You cry all you want, and when you're through and all this pain is nothing but a memory, I will find a way to make you smile. Do you hear me China Brown? That's a promise from me to you.” - Sharon Sala

29. “Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.” - Robert W. Service

30. “Don't you dare weep," he commanded."You've broken my heart.""I'll fix it later.” - Julie Garwood

31. “Search your heart. He's there, Kate. You can ignore Him, try to run and hide from Him, even convince yourself that He's not there, but He promised us that he would never leave or forsake us." He tipped his head to the side. "Kind of like how you promised not to leave Maggie when she was going through labor. Maggie still had to go through it. You couldn't take her pain away, but you were there to hold her hand, to encourage her, to make sure she knew she wasn't alone, and when it was all said and done, something beautiful came out of what she endured.” - Jen Stephens

32. “The road ahead is unknown to all. I cannot offer you wisdom or guidance. Only the promise that I will never leave you.” - Andrea Cremer

33. “Today’s man should do more than just talk; he should act. He should do more than just promise; he should deliver.” - Steve Maraboli

34. “Even if you are sinking,, look at the hand extended to rescue you,, if you have to accept it any way,, don't -at least- promise it you will stay together forever,, that after you regain your safety on the shore, you will be obliged to keep your stupid promise.” - راقية جلال الدويك

35. “It was just a lie that seemed real.It was a promise that was never meant to be true.The forever that had a deadline.It felt like falling in love, but it was falling in aheartbreak café!” - Moffat Machingura