Keeping Commitments Quotes

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

I never could keep a promise. I do not blame myself for this weakness, because the fault must lie in my physical organization. It is likely that such a very liberal amount of space was given to the organ which enables me to make promises that the organ which should enable me to keep them was crowded out. But I grieve not. I like no half-way things. I had rather have one faculty nobly developed than two faculties of mere ordinary capacity.

Your word is your bond, and you do what you say and keep your promise.

Do after election as before election you said you would.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own.

Words are for those with promises to keep.

When you give someone a commitment to ride their horse, you do it - unless, God forbid, something serious has happened. It would be laziness not to do it.

I always keep my word.

I've always kept my word, and my clients have always kept their word.

Fairness is important and getting rid of promises you can’t keep is important

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life. If you say you're going to do something, make sure you do it. Just try never to let people down.

Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.'

You know, I think what people want more than anything is they just want people to do what they say they're going to do.

Implementation of promises is as important as making them.

Actions should speak louder than words.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!

Basically all I've done is keep my promise.

Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.

I do occasionally encounter a British business that delivers what and when, and for exactly the price, they promised. But commercial paragons in the U.K. are rare.