Quotes / I Gave My Word

Anime and Manga

"I'm not gonna run away. I never go back on my world! That's my nindo: my ninja way!"

— Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto

Comic Books

"My word is my bond."

— Slade Wilson, New Teen Titans

Bleez: I guess I'll learn whether you're a man of your word.
Guy Gardner: If I'm anything, I'm that.

— Red Daughter of Krypton

Fan Works

"If he promised you, then it will be so, […] He may bring her forward in time whenever we return so she doesn't have to wait for you, or take you back to just before she wakes, or some other way. However they make it happen, the Lord and Lady will keep their promises to you, don't worry."

— Ching-Hao Leibshot to Asuka Langley Sohryu, A Crown of Stars

Film—Animation

"And when I promise something, I never break that promise."

— Rapunzel, Tangled

Dan: What makes you think you can change my past?
Danny: Because I promised my family!
Dan: AHAHAHAHAAA! Oh, you are such a child! You promised?
Danny: Yes! I PROMISED!! [unleashes Ghostly Wail]

— Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

Mr. Smee: But cap'n, wouldn't it be more...humane-like...to slit his throat?
Captain Hook: Aye, that it would, Mr, Smee, but I have given me word not to lay a finger or a hook on Peter Pan. And Captain Hook never breaks a promise.

— Peter Pan

Pacha: Well...better get goin'. With that bridge out, it's three days to the palace.
Kuzco: (surprised, since he violated their deal not minutes prior) What? You're still taking me back?
Pacha: I shook on it, didn't I?

— The Emperor's New Groove

Film—Live-Action

Ripley: I'm not gonna leave you, Newt. I mean that.
Newt: You promise?
Ripley: Cross My Heart...
Newt: and Hope To Die.
Ripley: ...and Hope To Die.

— Aliens^note (And Ripley does storm a hive of xenomorphs to rescue Newt, imminent thermonuclear strike or no)

Harry: Well, there comes a time to turn Mother's picture to the wall and get out. The village will be no worse off than it was before we came.
Chris: You forget one thing. We took a contract.
Vin: Not the kind any court would enforce.
Chris: That's just the kind you've got to keep.

— The Magnificent Seven

Carla Jean: You've got no cause to hurt me.
Anton Chigurh: No. But I gave my word.

— No Country for Old Men

Cash Bailey: You know me. I keep my promises.
Jack Benteen: Oh hell, I always knew that, Cash. Problem with you is getting one out of you.

— Extreme Prejudice

"Governments don't live together - people live together. With governments, you don't always get a fair word or a fair fight. Well, I've come here to give you either one or get either one from you. I came here like this so you'll know my word of death is true, and my word of life is then true."

—Josey Wales, The Outlaw Josey Wales

Literature

"A verbal agreement is the most binding of contracts! Your soul is in your breath, and therefore in your voice. Once pledged it must be redeemed."

— Miles Vorkosigan, The Warrior's Apprentice

"A servant of the crown in the East makes his motto: 'Keep your word, though it break your neck'."

— Nayland Smith, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

"They're all rogues and liars, and I'm with ye there. The more reason there should be one decent man in such a land of thieves! My word is passed, and I'll stick to it."

— David Balfour, Catriona

"A Prince should not be forsworn more than once or twice during his reign."

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Now, men swear by someone greater than themselves; for them an oath serves as a guarantee and puts an end to all argument.

— Hebrews 6:17, The Bible

71-Hour Ahmed: I swore to him.
Vimes: But D'regs are oath-breakers. Everyone knows that.
Ahmed: Oh, oaths. Stupid things. I gave him my word.

— Jingo

"I have your word on that?"
Well, his former naivete hadn't been totally eradicated. I'd spent most of my life killing people for a living. Did he think I was going to lose sleep over a lie?
"You have my word," I said.

— The Killer Ascendant

"I swore her my sword. I'm older now, but not so old that I've forgotten the words I said, and it happens I still have the sword."

— Petyr Piper, Fire & Blood

"Oath? Ten years of training, before you were even born. Oath? Three brothers with different blood types, because we couldn't tell what you'd be and which of us you'd need. Ten years of antigens, antibodies, and waiting—for you. I am the oath. I was engineered into a man who doesn't—pick and choose his decencies!"

— Colum Asht, The Locked Tomb: Gideon the Ninth

Live-Action TV

Tarrant: I gave them my word.
Avon: You didn't give them mine.

— Blake's 7, "City at the Edge of the World"

Cmdr. Riker: I have been assigned to serve this ship and to obey your orders. And I will do exactly that.

Cptn. Kargan: Will you take an oath to that effect?

Cmdr. Riker: I just did.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "A Matter of Honor"

Boba Fett: I suppose you'll be heading out.
Din Djarin: I'm not.
Boba: You should.
Din: It's against the Creed. I gave you my word. I'm with you until we both fall.

— The Book of Boba Fett, "In the Name of Honor"

Video Games

"My mother taught me the value of a promise before she was hunted down. My contract is as good as my word. I have agreed to hunt you and the rebels down, and I will honor my contract. A deal is a deal, even with a ruler as corrupt and as insane as Sek-Duat. There is no greater honor than keeping your promises."

—Zhoom, DragonFable'

Master Chief: You know me, when I make a promise...
Cortana: You... keep it.

— Halo 3

Maxim: D-Dekar...? How did you...?!
Dekar: Survive? I told you, that the second best thing I'm best at is not dying.

— Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

Western Animation

Superman: If I let you out, do you swear to leave me and everyone else on Earth in peace?
Lobo: The Main Man's word is his bond, man.

— Superman: The Animated Series, "The Main Man: Part 2"

Cedric: Well, yes, you know, if it’s the real amulet. But only a certified sorcerer, such as myself, could tell for sure. If you like, I can take a quick look at it.
Sofia: I don't know...
Cedric: Oh, I'll give it right back! I promise!
Sofia: But I promised never to take it off. And my mother says, "A broken promise can never be glued back together."
Cedric: How irritatingly charming...

— Sofia the First

Kaptain Skurvy: Ow! On my honor, I swear on the Great Great Great Pirate Oath- ow! To grant any favor to the swamp-sucking sea scum scallywag that can rid me of this- ow! Painful toothache!
Kutlass: But pirates don't have honor.
Mr. Green Kroc: That's why we be the scourge of the seven seas! We be pure scum!
Kaptain Skurvy: Aye, there be no worse pirate scum such as I, but the Pirate Oath is a pure and sacred thing, mates. Me great-great-great grandpappy taught me that right after he stole the Crystal Coconut fair and square.

— Donkey Kong Country

Squidward: Give me my paper back! Now, let go of it! I said let go of it! Let go of it! (Angrish)
SpongeBob: I can't!
Squidward: What do you mean you can't?!
SpongeBob: I can't. You made me promise no matter how much you begged, and pleaded, and cried, not to give the paper back to you... ever!
Squidward: I never said anything like that!
SpongeBob: Sure you did, Squidward. Look! (plays a flipbook of Squidward saying the promise verbatim) Wanna see it again?
Squidward: No, I don't wanna see it again! Just give me that paper!
SpongeBob: Sorry, Squidward. I am sworn to a promise.

— SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Paper"

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