Top 243 Vow Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.
We had our own version of the seven vows, which Abhinav has written beautifully. Each vow touched my heart deeply.
Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.
I made a vow to Chris when we married that I'd love him and I'd be with him in sickness and in health and I did OK with that.
You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison.
I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!
A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.
The essence of a vow does not consist in the difficulty of its performance but in the determination behind it unflinchingly to stick to it in the teeth of difficulties.
To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.
I look forward to doing my part to keep our solemn vow to veterans who have served our country with pride and distinction. They are all heroes in my eyes, and they deserve no less.
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.
In fundamental ways, the 2016 Democratic primary has been a litigation of the Obama years, and of whether the president's 2008 campaign vow of 'change we can believe in' succeeded or failed.
Trump was asked if he was for invading Iraq and he replied, 'Yeah, I guess so,' which, incidentally is also Trump's go-to wedding vow.
My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when he accepted that call and so we never had much money.
Every night I vow to work out in the morning. For the past three years, however, I have always found an excuse not to.
This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.
Even under the best circumstances, speaking at your own wedding ceremony is a high pressure endeavor. What even constitutes a vow? I always picture them as exclamations you bellow at the sky.
Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.
When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.
When I make a vow to God, then I would suggest to you that's even stronger than a handshake in Texas.
Anyone who marries gets no guarantee that their partner, no matter what they vow, will always keep that promise.
I did 'The Vow' because I really love being in love.
I made a vow that I would never need another person ever. Turned my heart into a cage, a victim of a kind of rage.
What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?
I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.
There are 200 million poor in the world who would gladly take the vow of poverty if they could eat, dress and have a home like I do
Judge Kavanaugh never wavered from his vow not to buckle under political or public pressure, which is a characteristic we need in a Supreme Court justice.
how much better to make no vow; then at least when the cord of attraction snaps, we can go free, still defying the lightning in our untarnished pride.
My husband and I vowed that after we married and settled down, we would become foster parents - a vow we kept and one that has enriched our lives greatly.
Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.
There are only two ways to deal with the media: either elect to take the Buddha's vow of eternal silence, or make one's voice known as responsibly as one humanly can, and take the consequences.
From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.
Assure thee, if I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it to the last article." --Othello, Act III, Scene iii
There was a rumour that I was buying Gibson. It circulated around the Internet... And I just go, 'How well off do you think I am?' I play blues-rock for a living. It's like a vow of poverty.
The truth is many people see a marriage vow as the only way people are going to stay with someone who is sick.
I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember who I was and how I felt.
When speaking of love, and suffering a broken heart, the student said, 'You can't drown if you vow to never swim again.' To which the master replied, 'You will also never choke if you don't eat.'
The very nature of marriage means saying yes before you know what it will cost. Though you may say the “I do” of the wedding ritual in all sincerity, it is the testing of that vow over time that makes you married.
The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.
Took a vow to protect and serve,
All you do is disrespect and murder.
I ask that you not hurt my kids;
This is where you work...this is where I live.
I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes.
I took my vow to poetry; this is where I'm going to be. These are my people; this is my tribe. This is where I'm going to put my energy.
Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.
Spin the parasol three times and repeat after me: I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.
My wife's not some doobie to be passed around! I took a vow on our wedding day to bogart her for life.
When we first started out, we made a vow to ourselves we wouldn't do it anymore if it wasn't fun. Well, we keep getting back together, so it must still be fun for everyone in it.
My religion teaches me that a promise once made or a vow once taken for a worthy object may not be broken.
Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.
Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world.
When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.
I had a friend, who was abused by her dad. I made a vow to myself that I'd never hurt my daughter.
In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment.
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
