We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

Quote by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Broken Promises Quotes

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

What do promises and hearts have in common? They're meant to be kept but always...

What do promises and hearts have in common? They're meant to be kept but always...

Promises can be broken just as easily as they were made, and as hard as...

Promises can be broken just as easily as they were made, and as hard as...

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

I don't think I'm that good at telling time. He said he'd love me forever,...

I don't think I'm that good at telling time. He said he'd love me forever,...

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish...

Sometimes I wish I never became so close to you, that way it wouldn't be...

Sometimes I wish I never became so close to you, that way it wouldn't be...

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.

A promise is a comfort for a fool.

A promise is a comfort for a fool.

Eggs and oaths are easily broken.

Eggs and oaths are easily broken.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.