a promise made is a promise kept

English

Proverb

a promise made is a promise kept

1. A promise that one makes should be or can be considered a promise that one will certainly honor.
   • 2009, Wolfgang Mieder, "Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric‎^[1], page 289:

     We'll never rise together if we allow medical bills to swallow family budgets or let people retire penniless after a lifetime of hard work, and so today we must demand that when it comes to commitments made [to] working men and women on health care and pensions, a promise made is a promise kept.

Translations

a promise should be honored

• Hungarian: az ígéret szép szó

Further reading

• “promise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.