The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
– Niccol Machiavelli
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- At this moment God might not necessarily be a necessity, but know that His absence will of necessity eventually result in His necessity. – Craig D Lounsbrough
- He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command – Niccol Machiavelli
- In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast. – Niccol Machiavelli
- These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it. – Niccol Machiavelli
- Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves. – Niccol Machiavelli
- Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain. – Niccol Machiavelli
- Armour belonging to someone else either chops off you or weighs you down or is too tight – Niccol Machiavelli
- To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people – Niccol Machiavelli
- Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil. – Niccol Machiavelli
- It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles. – Niccol Machiavelli
- Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear. – Niccol Machiavelli
- A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor. – Niccol Machiavelli
- … When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions. – Niccol Machiavelli
- … War is the sole art looked for in one who rules… – Niccol Machiavelli
- Never do an enemy a small injury. – Niccol Machiavelli
- Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts. – Niccol Machiavelli
- at Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts. Imprisoned – Niccol Machiavelli
- People only accept change in necessity and see necessity only in crisis. – Jean Monnet
- The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man-¦ therefore increase your necessity. – Idries Shah
- Forgiveness is a promise not a feeling. When you forgive other people, you are making a promise not to use their past sin against them. – Brett
- O Lord, Thy Word, heals my wounds.O Lord, Thy Word, gives me hope. O Lord, Thy Word, strengthens my spirit.O Lord, Thy Word, revive my soul. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Life is made of the past, present and the future. We’re shaped by our past, and we’re shaping our future with our present. – Ibrahim Emile
- To use the past to justify the present is bad enough-”but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past. – Amitav Ghosh
- Hope is Future and Future is present ,Present is past and Past is Mystery – Hamza Khan Takkar
- I have not broken your heart – you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. – Emily Bront
- By loving the broken parts in youI learn to love the broken parts in me.I learn that we are not broken after all. – Kate McGahan
- We are, without doubt, broken people living with other broken people in a broken world. – Tullian Tchividjian
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- We go to the past to lay the blame – since the past can’t argue. We go to our past selves to account for our present miseries. – Glen Duncan
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. – RVM
- You must be present in the present to make it a present. -RVM – RVM
- Grow past your past and march past the flag of the past! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Past is past… no it’s not! People are always fond of saying that, but what’s past is never past; not entirely. – Anne Tyler
- Most people are willing to promise you a lot. A few are those who can promise you a little, just as much as they can. – Ljupka Cvetanova
- I promise to pay you before you die – but you have to promise not to die. – Jim Baen
- God doesn’t promise us an easy life. But He does promise to love us and never leave us, no matter what happens. – JEB Spredemann
- For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it. – Rick Riordan
- You kissed me yes, But it was not just goodnight even then I could feel the promise in it. The promise that you could kiss me like that forever. – Nicholas Sparks