Quotes about Promise
And those who pray for dew on the deserts edge; shall bring forth the deluge.
— Frank Herbert
God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent.
— Madeleine L'Engle
And joy is always a promise.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Pray all you like, ask anything you want, but don't forget that he never promised he'd say yes. He never guaranteed us anything. Not anything at all. Except one thing. Just one thing . . . . That he cares . . . That is all. Nothing else.
— Madeleine L'Engle
God doesn't stop the bad things from happening; that's never been part of the promise. The promise is: I am with you. I am with you now until the end of time.
— Madeleine L'Engle
We knew the promise had never been safety, or that bad things would not happen if we were good and virtuous. The promise is only that God is in it with us, no matter what it is.
— Madeleine L'Engle
No matter how low the sun sets, the time is coming when it will surely rise.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
When you pray for a rainbow you pray for rain too.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Any seed that is planted by God bears fruit even before it touches the ground.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
— Andrew Carnegie
The power to believe a promise depends entirely on our faith in the one who promises.
— Andrew Murray
When you get a promise from God, it is worth just as much as a fulfillment.
— Andrew Murray