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A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises.
Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.
We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.
God doesn't slack his promises because of our sins or hasten them because of our righteousness. He pays no attention to either.
Investors will sort of like write the check and then, despite a lot of promises, don't usually do that much; sometimes they do.
To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him.
I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.
The truth of God's love is not that He allows bad things to happen, it's his promise that he will be there with us when they do.
What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.
I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.
The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.
There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.
I want to make change, but I've already made change. I will continue to make change. I'm not just running on a promise of change.
One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep.
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.
The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift .
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.
One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do.
Dahvie Vanity is on our radar here at 'Have a Seat with Chris Hansen' and I promise you I'll take a really good, hard look at it.
I made myself a promise that every time I turned on the microphone, no matter what it was, I was going to say something of value.
All I can promise myself and everyone else is that this record is a snapshot of thisperiod in my life. It will be that by default.
The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.
I will love you with all my heart, To have forever - never to part. This is a promise engrained in me, Take my hand and let it be.
Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!
The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.
I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.
When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to triumph over cowardice and hate.
A philosophy may explain difficult things, but has no power to change them. The gospel, the story of Jesus' life, promises change.
I wonder what the world would be like if everybody walked their talk; if word was married with deed; promises delivered by action.
Every time there was an unspoken promise that this would be the last time, but it would only be the last time until the next time.
Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.
That's part of fashion's promise: that a girlfriend or boyfriend or a promotion are just one tie or sweater or pair of shoes away.
Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word.
When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only.
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Irene Bennett Brown keeps the promise of her gifted writing and love for history inside this fine contemporary mystery. I loved it.
Curiosity takes courage. The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself. Pay Attention. Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.
President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.
Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.
Any leaders who disappoint the people, ideals and promises by which they were appointed are by definition themselves dis-appointed.
Yes, I will promise you anything your little elector heart desires... Of course, I have no intention of keeping any promise I make.
I promise you, I promise you that Donald Trump knows, Donald Trump knows that the primary role of the president is to keep us safe.
Another big promise Donald Trump made during the campaign - cutting taxes. But there's some confusion over how much he wants to cut.
I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.
I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy.
an autobiography held out the promise of hearing truths that only friends confess to one another but are knowledge you need to live.
Deliverance is always found on 'the mount'; living faith must first prove to God that it has taken His word and promise for victory.