Keeping Your Word Quotations

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

Oversimplifying somewhat, honoring your word as we define it means you either keep your word (do what you said you would do and by the time you said you would do it), or as soon as you know that you will not, you say that you will not to those who were counting on your word and clean up any mess caused by not keeping your word.

The value of a promise is the cost to you of keeping your word.

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.