Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.
For six and a half years, I had responsibility for leading the Labour party policy on education and delivering on our promise of improved opportunities for all our children.
Venezuelans are tired of 14 years of promises and no results. The only things growing are inflation, murder and crime. The good indicators - production, education and jobs - are all falling.
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.
Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to... ?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better.
While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.
I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
Some people still make promises and keep those they make. When they do, they help make life around them more stably human.
We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.
You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.
When you have things taken away, you promise you'll never take anything for granted ever again.
If true acts of worship must be sincere without expecting anything, it should not need to be able to offer the promise of anything
Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters.
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.
Each new day is another chapter in the unfolding promise of deliverance and life.
God promised you to give you dreams and visions, see Him as your great dream/vision giver.
God is on top of His own league and he doesn't need anyone's vote to fulfill His promises.
I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
