vow

• "There are kings and kings, and some are better than others So he told him of the King of the Little People and of the good things that came to those who sang for him I'll go with you," answered the bird Quietly they slipped away lest the King of the Forest surprise them, and back they went to the King of the Little People Good again," acknowledged the King, and he commanded the bird to sing I'm almost minded to let you off the third task," the King exclaimed, "but a vow is a vow and must not be broken. —  The Cat in Grandfather's House
• When the task to be accomplished for the fulfilment of a vow is a journey or the slaying of enemies, the retention of the hair is probably also meant to support and increase the wearer's strength for the accomplishment of his purpose 16. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
• He had begun to think that this freedom would never be his in his lifetime, but a vow was a vow. —  Days of the Discoverers
• The fulfillment of the vow is a terrible ordeal, and begins back of the small chapel called "_visita_" that exists in every village. —  The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
• O beautiful one, this vow is always present in the mind, since for householders, there is no higher virtue than hospitality accorded to guests. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

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