即使是中文里，教导人们遵守诺言的俗语也层出不穷：“人而无信，不知其可也””言必信，行必果“。重信守诺应该是对一个人较高的评价了吧？

    1. A word spoken is an arrow let fly. 一言既出，驷马难追。

    2. A word spoken is past recalling. 一言既出，驷马难追。

    3. So said, so done.说到做到。言出必行。

    4. A work ill done must be twice done. 未做好的活，需要重新做。

    5. A wanderer who is determined to reach his destination does not fear the rain. 决心赶到目的地，浪汉何惧雨来淋。

    6. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的海洋练不出熟练的水手。

    7. A watched pot is long in boiling. 心急水不沸。

    8. A willful man will have his way. 有志者事竟成。

    9. Will is power. 意志就是力量

    10. A man can not spin and reel at the same time. 一心不能二用。

    11. A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time. 一心不能二用。

    12. A man can do no more than he can. 凡事只能量力而行。

    13. All men cannot be first. 不可能人人都得第一名。

    14. A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire. 适可而止，过犹不及。

    15. All things are difficult before they are easy. 凡事都是先难后易。

    16. Learn to walk before you run. 循序渐进

    17. A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 千言万语不如一个行动。

    18. A living dog is better than a dead lion. 一条活狗胜过一头死狮。

    19. A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. 一千个“或有”不能造成一个事实。

    20. As the inner life is, so will be the language. 言为心声。

    21. As a man's heart is, so does he speak. 言为心声。

    22. A life without a purpose is a ship without a rudder. 人生无目的，犹如船失去了舵。

    23. A great ship asks deep water. 巨轮寻深水而航行。

    24. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 讲而不做，犹如花园里长满了荒草。

    25. A man apt to promise is apt to forget. 轻诺者易忘。

    26. A bargain is a bargain. 达成的协议不可撕毁。

    27. As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring. 忘恩负义。

    28. A valiant man's look is more than a coward's sword. 勇士的神色胜过懦夫的刀剑。