Empty Promises Quotes

“I wanted to believe him, but I'd met enough empty promises in my life to know one when I heard it.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“Spare your words, your actions will speak for you.”
― Akiroq Brost

“And I still walk the sidewalk mumbling

something about how it will all be fine

Fine is its own crazy village on the Rhine
Fine is the name of the cuckoo-clock maker
Fine is the word the cuckoo cries

every hour after hour on the hour—
scrambling out of its dark little hole

like something being chased with a knife by Time”
― Laura Kasischke, Space, in Chains

“Great leaders deliver on their promises. They do not just make empty promises because they know that such can gravely affect their credibility.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader

“Lies with their face on, that’s what promises are. But they can wear as much concealer as they like: it won’t last them through the rain.”
― Sima B. Moussavian, As the moon began to rust

“Leave the company of the people who are given you empty promises”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Spare me your drama. Don’t try to gossip or pick a fight. No flings or empty promises. I’m not available for time-wasting nonsense. You’re looking for a version of me that doesn’t exist anymore.”
― Steve Maraboli

“Gods die. And their promises are always empty.”
― Anthony Ryan, The Kraken's Tooth