“Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?” ThinkingYearsTwoChristianReligionChristianityLordPromiseThousandThousand Years Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.” CountryKindnessPromiseThousandDiedConcentrationNeglectCampsOther CountriesTemptedSpainConcentration CampSpaniardsFalse Promises Author:Martha Gellhorn
“Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions of the wretched sons of Africa... Whilst we were offering up vows at the shrine of Liberty... whilst we swore irreconcilable hostility to her enemies... whilst we adjured the God of Hosts to witness our resolution to live free or die... we were imposing on our fellow men, who differ in complexion from us, a slavery, ten thousand times more cruel than the utmost extremity of those grievances and oppressions, of which we complained.” MenAmericaDiesLibertyEnemyMillionsLandSonPromiseThousandTenFellowsSlaveryOppressionWitnessResolutionHostOfferingWretchedFellow ManHostilityVowImposingDescendantsGrievanceShrinesComplexionExtremityLive Free Author:St. George Tucker
“What is the psychedelic experience? What promise does it hold for a sane future for our planet and our children? And what is it about it that kindles the kind of loyalty that I feel coming from the people in this room this evening? And I submit to you that it is nothing less than the rebirth of a voice that has been silent for at least a thousand years, the still small voice of the Logos of the planet.” PeopleFeelsYearsKindChildrenDoeHas BeensStillsVoiceRoomsPlanetsPromiseThousandOur ChildrenSilentLoyaltyEveningSaneSubmitThousand YearsRebirthOur PlanetPsychedelicKindlesLogosPsychedelic ExperienceSmall Voice Author:Terence McKenna
“I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.” GivingTwoFunSportsToo MuchEasierPromiseThousandBedGiving UpHundredBaseballDollarsDrinkingFiftyToo Much Fun Author:Babe Ruth
“But this man had set down with a hammer and chisel and carved out a stone water trough to last ten thousand years. Why was that? What was it that he had faith in? It wasn't that nothin' would change. Which is what you might think, I suppose. He had to know better'n that. I've thought about it a good deal. . . And I have to say that the only thing I can think is that there was some sort of promise in his heart. And I don't have no intentions of carvin' a stone water trough. But I would like to be able to make that kind of promise. I think that's what I would like most of all.” ThinkingKnowsMenYearsHeartKindI CanMightAbleLastsWaterDealsPromiseThousandTenStonesIntentionThousand YearsHammersChiselsTrough Author:Cormac McCarthy
“But I'd do it again. I know that now. I'd make that promise a thousand times over and lose her a thousand times over to have heard her play last night or to see her in the morning sunlight. Or even without that. Just to know that she's somewhere out there. Alive.” KnowsPlayLastsNightLosesMorningAliveHeardPromiseThousandSunlightLast NightWhere She WentSomewhere Out There Author:Gayle Forman
“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 registered earthquakes ten thousand miles away.” IfsSuccessfulPersonalityPromiseThousandTenMachinesSeriesMilesRelatedGesturesSensitivityGorgeousEarthquakesIntricateUnbrokenMiles AwayThousand MilesGreat Gatsby BookGreat Gatsby Important Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Never believe a promise from a man or woman who has no discipline. They have broken a thousand promises to themselves, and they break their promise for you.” MenBelieveBreakBrokenDisciplinePromiseThousand Book:The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved Source: The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved