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Quotes About Loyalty

They think of policemen as they do of Labradors – noble, loyal, good with children, man's protector and friend. In
~ Val McDermid
We weren't joined at the hip but there was never a day apart that we wouldn't rather have spent in each other's company.
~ Val McDermid
And she keeps in touch with Stacey, who isn't averse to doing foreigners for an old friend either.
~ Val McDermid
Nuns don't lie. We simply train ourselves to forget that which we are not supposed to know.
~ Val McDermid
Throughout the years, I have observed that participants who voluntarily become involved in unofficial dialogues with the enemy are seen to some degree as traitors by those in their own community who are against all communication with the enemy. These participants may also experience shame for talking with the enemy, which is intensified if and when the enemy carries out some violent act while the talks are going on.
~ Vam?k D. Volkan
Real friendship needed to have firm foundations laid before the conditions of everyday life had reached the extreme point beyond which human beings have nothing human about them except mistrust, anger, and lies.
~ Varlam Shalamov
The labour of those who enjoy the confidence of the Party is imperceptible. But it is a vast labour – one must expend one's mind and soul generously, keeping nothing back.
~ Vasily Grossman
Minns en sak, sa hans överordnade, du har varken far, mor, bröder eller systrar, partiet är det enda du har. Och så förstärktes denna egendomliga, tärande känsla: i sin tanklöshet och i sin lydnad fann han inte svaghet utan i stället en hotfull styrka.
~ Vasily Grossman
Famous sales coach and dear friend Jack Daly suggests, "Why don't you throw people a party when they start, instead of when they leave?" Sydney-based software firm Atlassian sends each new employee, whatever his or her position, to a resort spa the weekend before the start date as a way to celebrate the new job. The spouse or a guest gets to go along — making both new employees and their spouses raving Atlassian fans.
~ Verne Harnish
KEY QUESTION: Are the stakeholders (employees, customers, shareholders) happy and engaged in the business; and would you "rehire" all of them?
~ Verne Harnish
It takes real guts to ignore or even alienate 93% of customers, focusing instead on the 7% of the market that is fanatical about you and willing to put up with the trade-offs.
~ Verne Harnish
He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends
~ Victor Hugo
He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends.
~ Victor Hugo
I was confided to your loyalty and accepted by your treason; you offer my death to those to whom you had promised my life. Do you know who it is you are destroying here? It is yourself.
~ Victor Hugo
Books are cold but sure friends.
~ Victor Hugo
Books are cold but safe friends.
~ Victor Hugo
For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.
~ Victor Hugo
Djali trotted along behind them, so overjoyed at seeing Gringoire again that she constantly made him stumble by affectionately putting her horns between his legs. 'That's life,' said the philosopher, each time he narrowly escaped falling flat on his face. 'It's often our best friends who cause our downfall.
~ Victor Hugo
His mind could do without faith, but his heart could not do without friendship.
~ Victor Hugo
Let misery hide itself in silence, otherwise it becomes treason.
~ Victor Hugo
Books are remote but reliable friends.
~ Victor Hugo
Vénérons le chien. Le chien (quel drôle de bête!), a sa sueur sur sa langue et son sourire dans sa queue.
~ Victor Hugo
He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there, while he had her near him, he would need nothing except for her sake and fear nothing except on her account. He was not even conscious of feeling extremely cold, having taken off his coat to cover her.
~ Victor Hugo
Let us show that, if the people abandon the republicans, the republicans do not abandon the people.
~ Victor Hugo