The best way to keep your word is to avoid overcommitting.
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You're right, then, that you owe it to her to keep your word.
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" Trump says in an interview featured in the ad, titled "Keep Your Word.
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With your daughter you better keep your word cause she will remember forever. #daddysbegoodtoyourdaughters.
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My proposition to the government of the United States is simple: Keep your word.
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"You did not keep your word," the president said in a speech here, addressing Europe.
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So there would have to be some substantial moral reason against continuing to keep your word.
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"If you didn't want to keep your word, you shouldn't have said it," he said. Rep.
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Make sure that you're able to keep your word while these planets work against each other.
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"When you say something and you tell people something, you should keep your word," incoming Democratic Rep.
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I don't like the situation either, but if you said you'd stop bashing Tia, then you should keep your word.
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" When talking about health care, Beshear returned to the theme: "Folks here in Kentucky expect you to keep your word.
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After all, as Branson wrote, "All you have in business is your reputation — so it's very important that you keep your word. "
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Absent some compelling reason, arising from facts unforeseen when the arrangements were made, there is then a strong moral reason to keep your word.
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And if you're unable to keep your word due to circumstances outside your control, you should explain the situation and strive to make things right.
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But consistent behaviour can have as deterrent an effect as erratic unpredictability: if your adversaries believe that you will keep your word, then your word can shape their actions.
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If you tell somebody, "I am not snooping on you," or, "I am giving you some level of privacy; I will not look in your drawers," then you should keep your word and be honest.
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The reason people trust you is because you keep your word, you are not emotionally labile and people sense they can trust you to be who you say you're going to be with a sense of consistency.
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"Part of it is trying to figure out as you go down this path who you can rely on and who's going to keep your word," Spicer said after the bill failed, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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"Vous avez promis et j'insiste que vous tiendrez votre promesse (You promised and I insist that you keep your word)," Almerio says. The curtain falls as Gismonda is hurrying away with her child.
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A tenor recitative, "" (Lord, our hearts keep Your word of truth fast), adopts an authoritative tone, is in minor mode, and begins with a bass pedal. It expands the concept of God abiding with his people, as outlined in the gospel.
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" On "The Courtesy of Kings," Mellencamp told iHeart radio: "It's a real old American expression that people used to say to each other back in the 1800s. Like a father would say to his son, 'Now make sure you show the guy the courtesy of kings.' In other words, be respectful, keep your word. If I said I would meet you at 7:00 and I showed up at 7:15, that is not the courtesy of kings.
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Soucek's custom-made barrel was nine feet long and five feet in diameter. It was bright red and bore the words, "Last of the Niagara Daredevils - 1984" and "It's not whether you fail or triumph, it's that you keep your word... and at least try!" On July 2, 1984, the barrel was rolled into the Niagara River 1000 feet above the cataract of Niagara Falls with Soucek inside. In seconds, the barrel was swept over the brink.
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In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught that a person's word should be reliable and one should not swear by God or his creation.Matthew 5:33–37; In his letter, the Apostle James reiterates the instruction to just say 'yes' or 'no' and keep your word, "so that you may not fall into condemnation."James 5:12 According to a volume of commentary published by the David C. Cook publishing company, appeals to authorities to validate the truth of a promise had expanded in Jesus' day, which was not in line with the original commandment.Hale, T., Thorson, S., Applied New Testament Commentary, Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, , p.
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