Quotes About Loyalty

They lived in them all or they died and every man with them; they had come to believe that to abandon one man was to abandon themselves.

As the cards fluttered to earth, as everyone's hand was revealed as worthless, as every point won was shown to be a pointless charade, she would tell them how wonderful this other man was, and how if she didn't see him for another thirty years she would still love him, how she would still love him if he was dead until she was dead too. But instead she watched as Harry Robertson played the right bower, and he and Keith, who always played as partners, won the hand.

What's friendship's realest measure? I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.

This is the only badge of true friendship I'm sure of: not to be curious.

Cuál es la medida real de la amistad? Voy a decírselo a ustedes. Es la cantidad de tiempo que uno desperdicia con las desgracias y calamidades del otro.

Symbols become sacred to people because they represent loyalties deeper than words can express. That's why they hate to see their symbols violated.

If you don't know the men at your back by name, don't be surprised if they won't follow you into battle. On the other hand, don't be surprised if they will, either, because there are countless other factors you must take into account. Leadership is a slippery commodity, not easily manufactured or understood.

He'd already made her for Kiriath and was backing off like a poet asked to wash dishes.

Soldiers follow orders. Regardless. The moment you refuse to carry out an order, you're no longer a soldier. You're just a paid killer trying to renegotiate your contract.

That's how you fight wars, after all—with soldiers who are more afraid of stepping out of line than they are of dying on the battlefield.

I am Friend to Carrion Crows and Wolves. I am Carry Me and Kill with Me, and Die with Me Where the Road Ends. I am not the Honeyed Promise of Length of Life in Years to Come, I am the Iron Promise of Never Being a Slave.

That's right, Dragonbane. And brothers always stood together, the buffalo came when they were called, the grass grew taller and greener, and it never fucking rained. Get a grip, old man.

I remembered the way Reileen Kawahara had dealt with two unfaithful minions. The animal sounds they had made came back to me in dreams for a long time afterwards. Reileen's argument, framed as she peeled an apple against the backdrop of those screams, was that since no one really dies anymore, punishment can come only through suffering. I felt my new face twitch, even now, with the memory.

the end, she realized, he had successfully invited them all to die simply by promising to do it with them. It was all they would ask of any commander.

putting Preet Bharara in this key position, Senator Schumer was able to deliver for his Wall Street friends. I guess it is possible that Preet Bharara and the dozens of other political appointees that Senator Schumer recommended and supported, all independently decided that Wall Street executives should not be investigated or prosecuted? Or, were they following the instructions of their political benefactor, Senator Schumer?

Allow me to bring you companions worthy of your love.

Snipers are people who undermine your efforts to break unhealthy relationship patterns.

She loved the dogs as you're supposed to love dogs: consistently

God, Lou. Don't you think I want you to have what you want?" "You're my sister. You're supposed to want those things for me." "You can't have it both ways, Lou. When things get bad, you can't call me—which I'm glad about, I am!—you can't do that and then imply I don't give a shit about you." "That's what I used to think.

Melletin jumped up on a barrel beside Ramil. Brigardians, are you with the Dark Prince? Aye! shouted his countrymen. What about you other men? Ramil asked, looking across the crowd of faces drawn from all parts of the Empire. The slave who had challenged him took one look at Yelena, then raised his hand. I'm in. It seems you might know what you're doing after all. Ramil grinned. I can't promise that--but I can promise that I'll buy you a drink if we're still alive by the end of tomorrow!

Deny it to yourself, but never to me.

Men are sheep. Where one goes, the rest will soon follow. -Lady Whistledown

And if you say that's because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I'm disowning all three of you.

Those in favour rarely stayed in favour; it was just a question of when they fell.