“I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.” PeopleChildrenMadeTwoHousePerfectMarriageGrowing UpGrowingMinesPromiseMarriedOur ChildrenFaultsImperfectProtectedOur LoveBeing MarriedI Loved YouMarriage LifeMarried CouplesGreat MarriageInspirational MarriageChildren Growing UpLasting MarriageProtecting ChildrenPerfect MarriageEncouraging Marriage Author:Thornton Wilder
“The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization.” LoveChildrenStoriesAgeFallParentRealizingCasesBirthPromiseLuckyTestsFalling In LoveWanderRealizationSettlingPhrasesMortalityStory Of My LifeBirth And Death Author:Mitch Albom
“Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child.” WritingMayChildrenSaidFatherBreakPromiseScriptureReasonableHeavenlyRequestHeavenly Father Book:Illustrations and Meditations: Or, Flowers from a Puritan's Garden Source: Illustrations and Meditations: Or, Flowers from a Puritan's Garden
“When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.” TryingMeanChildrenHappensWantedWishPromiseUnderstoodWork OutPromise MeWanted Someone Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.” ChildrenRealOpportunityNationsJusticeDarkDemocracyPathDoorsRocksPromiseInjusticeLiftsValleysBrotherhoodSegregationI Had A DreamDesolateRacial JusticeI Have A Dream SpeechSoul ForceGradualism Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day.” WorldWayBelieveHumansHeartKindChildrenImportantHomeRunningLastsFatherGamesParentForeverKnowingImpossibleBrokenPromiseOne DaySummerBaseballHealOur WorldHuman HeartSincerelyHome RunSummer Days Book:Summerland Source: Summerland
“Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day at the alter, with equal parts love and hope. And once again, I close my eyes, ready to take a leap of faith, ready for the long, hard road ahead. I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but then again, I never really did.” WayChildrenLongTwoIdeasHardEyeTurnsReadyBrokenPromiseEqualStandingNo IdeaLeapBroken PromisesLeap Of FaithHope And Love Author:Emily Giffin
“And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working class. We listen to Steve Earle, Mary J. Blige, and k.d. lang. We devour paperback novels and tell evil mean stories, value stubbornness above patience and a sense of humor more than a college education. We claim our heritage with a full appreciation of how often it has been disdained. And let me promise you, you do not want to make us angry.” WantFeelsMeanChildrenHas BeensStoriesValuesCoursesEvilNationsClassNovelCollegePromiseLet MeClaimsAngryAppreciationThese DaysSense Of HumorHeritageMaryWorking ClassStubbornnessCollege EducationSouthernerMary J Blige Book:Trash Source: Trash
“In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among shadows and silence, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting could still believe.” PeopleBelieveChildrenArtStillsLightCertainForgetSilenceMagicAirMysteryExpressionPromiseShadowWinterSettingSettingsHopefulAuras Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon