Quotes About Loyalty

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great, though they make an exception in your favor to all their rules of trade.

No tendré que negar tu historia. Mis seguidores lo harán por mí, lo verás.

You cannot succeed when surrounded by disloyal and unfriendly associates, no matter what may be the object of your definite chief aim. Success is built upon loyalty, faith, sincerity, co-operation and the other positive forces with which one must surcharge his environment.

THE SEVEN MAJOR POSITIVE EMOTIONS The emotions related to sex The emotion of love The emotion of hope The emotion of faith The emotion of enthusiasm The emotion of optimism The emotion of loyalty

Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people who appreciate their work. The number of persons who dislike the work don't count—there is no such thing as the opposite of buying your book

People often need to suspend their self-promotion, and have someone in their lives they do not need to impress. This explains dog ownership.

Someone who has been employed for a while is giving you strong evidence of submission.

The turkey problem can be generalized to any situation where the same hand that feeds you can be the one that wrings your neck.

The strength of a creed did not rest on "evidence" of the powers of its gods, but evidence of the skin in the game on the part of its worshippers.

There is a saying that bad traders divorce their spouse sooner than abandon their positions. Loyalty to ideas is not a good thing for traders, scientists—or anyone.

In the famous tale by Ahiqar, later picked up by Aesop (then again by La Fontaine), the dog boasts to the wolf all the contraptions of comfort and luxury he has, almost prompting the wolf to enlist. Until the wolf asks the dog about his collar and is terrified when he understands its use. "Of all your meals, I want nothing." He ran away and is still running.*3 The question is: what would you like to be, a dog or a wolf?

Unreliable people carried less weight than reliable ones. You can't fool people more than twice.*1

You betrayed those who had high hopes for you

lack of vigilance is not the cause of the death of a mafia don; the cause of death is making enemies, and the cure is making friends.

commitment and signaling

those who have more than their skin in the game. They have their soul in the game.

People who are employees for a living don't behave so opportunistically.

The longer the person stays with a company, the more emotional investment they will have in staying

The turkey problem can be generalized to any situation where the same hand that feeds you can be the one that wrings your neck. Consider

but in the absence of an owner, a dog does not survive.

No tienes autoridad!», le gritaba mi padre despertándola por la noche. Pero por otro lado, él también demostró no tenerla, porque Paola continuó paseando durante años con aquel joven bajito, y lo dejó cuando la cosa se apagó sola, poco a poco, como se apaga la luz de una vela.

And finally she had sobbed the only truth there was into her mother's shoulder, the only explanation: the Tucks were her friends. She had done it because—in spite of everything, she loved them.

Les générosites en amour se payent cher.

It's a funny thing, friendship. One minute a person is driving you crazy, making you want to shake them, and the next minute you realize what a crappy place the world would be without them in it.