“I knew I couldn’t promise her the stars, because God had already put them in your eyes.”— Victoria Dann, wnq-writers.com
“You are a broken promise I never even had the chance to attempt to keep.”— Maxwell Diawuoh, maxwelldpoetry.tumblr.com
“I can't say when you'll get love or how you'll find it or even promise you that you will. I can only say you are worthy of it and that it's never too much to ask for it.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“You walked away a second time and I promised myself there wouldn’t be a third.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“Emotional manipulators will tell you what you want to hear, but their actions are another story. They pledge their support, but, when it comes time to follow through, they act as though your requests are entirely unreasonable.”— Travis Bradberry, entrepreneur.com
“If he promises that you two are going to have dinner this evening and he follows through, that’s a great sign. On the other hand, if he consistently calls at the last minute to break plans, you’re more of a back up to him. A man who is doing this is not feeling committed to the woman in question, at…”— Carly Smith, elovetips.xyz
“He breaks his promises and he fails to follow through on agreements. He minimizes your efforts, interests, hobbies, achievements and concerns. He trivializes your thoughts and suggestions.”— Nancy Nichols, thoughtcatalog.com
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com
“He's all talk. A man who means business will back up his words with actions. But if you have noticed that your guy makes promise after promise and never follows through, it’s not looking good for you, girlfriend.”— Stassi R., thetalko.com
“He keeps to his word. If he says he’s going to be there at five, he’s there at five. If he says he’ll get back to you about being free on Friday, he’ll actually get back to you. Beware the man who makes promises he can’t keep.”— Milo Todd, hardlinechat.com
“If he promises to call, he does. He makes plans with you in advance and he always follows through his promises. If he can do all this, he is emotionally ready for a serious relationship – with you.”— Abie Giles, slism.com
“We built sand castles that washed away I made you cry when I walked away And although I promised that I couldn't stay, baby Every promise don't work out that way.”— Beyoncé, azlyrics.com
“If all he wants is sex, he’ll promise you things you haven’t even thought of yet. Men know that by talking about love, fabulous exotic vacations, babies, houses with the white picket fences, women will give up the goods.”— Sherry Argov, match.com
“Promise is a big word. It either makes something, or it breaks everything.”— Soft Grung, twitter.com
“I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.”— John Green, Isaac, amazon.com
“But you keep the promise anyways. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”— John Green, Isaac, amazon.com
“I promise to make your heart beat faster and to fill your stomach with butterflies even after thirty years of being together.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“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.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com