Sentence: You have no right to obey your orders, and you will not stand if you break your promise.

Meaning: The king's orders are true to his word, and it is difficult to stand on his own feet if he loses his faith.

From: "Zuo Zhuan·Cheng Gong·Eight Years of Cheng Gong" Spring and Autumn Period - Zuo Qiu Ming

Excerpt:

If you break your promise, you will not stand. No extravagant gifts can make things happen. The king and the princes are the princes, and the widowed king cannot do anything to the king. Xie will restore it.

Translation:

The king's orders are true to his word, and it is difficult to stand on his own feet if he loses his faith. In addition to the prescribed gifts, there should be no additional money, and public and private matters cannot have the best of both worlds. The king and the queen send troops to the princes, so that the princes cannot serve the king. Xie plans to repay the prince like this.

Similar sentences:

1. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions. ——Pre-Qin Confucius' "The Analects of Confucius Zilu"

Translation: What you say must be reliable, what you say must be true, what you do must be true, and what you say must be done.

2. People who have no faith do not know what is possible. How can a large cart move without a hook and a small cart without a harness? ——Pre-Qin Dynasty Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If a person loses his credit or does not keep his credit, he does not know what else he can do (just like) a cart without a shaft connected to the yoke Wooden dowels, the cart does not have wooden dowels to connect the shaft and the yoke, so what does it rely on to move?

3. If a man makes a promise lightly, he will be distrustful; if it is easy, it will be difficult. ——Spring and Autumn Period·Laozi "Laozi"

Translation: Don't make promises easily. As long as you make a promise, you must fulfill it seriously. Don't lose your faith, otherwise you will lack the stamina and necessary energy in the process of doing it. Prepare to fail.