One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one has given. One must have strong powers of imagination to be able to have pity. So closely is morality bound to the quality of the intellect.

It takes a good memory to keep up a lie.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

It’s very important to me that I make good on my promises.

I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise

! The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them

Our government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep — but we must keep the promises we’ve already made.

To have a good memory the first thing you have to do is to trust your memory.

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.

Be extremely stingy in making promises because you must be generous in keeping them.

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

Victor Hugo could not promise without keeping his word. He was not like me: I promise everything with the firm intention of keeping my promises, and two hours after I have forgotten all about them. If any one reminds me of what I have promised, I tear my hair, and to make up for my forgetfulness I say anything, I buy presents — in fact, I complicate my life with useless worries. It has always been thus, and always will be so.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

If there is a hell, perhaps it consists in living up to all one’s promises.