Quotes About Loyalty

Could that be why brother and sister slept together in perfect impunity, a Romeo and Juliet starcrossed not because they belonged to two families but to a single one?

It was the reward of the loyal female disciples who had accompanied Jesus to the place of crucifixion and stayed with him through the horror of his execution, to be entrusted by him with the most powerful message that has ever impacted the world: 'He is risen.

Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in existence; the refusal to take the oath of loyalty to life. The man who kills a man, kills a man. The man who kills himself, kills all men. As far as he is concerned he wipes out the world.

A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

Now then," Rahab said, "please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign that you will spare the lives of my family…and that you will save us from death." Othniel did not think that Ardon would speak, but he did. "Our lives for your lives if you don't tell what we are doing," Ardon said. "We will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.

Joshua was trembling, for he knew what lay before him, and he wanted to cry out and run after the man who had been his master for so many years. But he knew he must not. At last the figure disappeared in the distance so that even the keenest-eyed Israelite could not see him. And then Joshua turned to Caleb, tears streaming down his face. "Never again," he whispered, "will we see a man like Moses!

Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee, It passed into thy lifelong regency.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.

Well it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently rooted in friendship.

Those of us who have never been in the military don't understand what it is like to serve in the military.

You know what they say: Better one true friend than a hundred relatives.

What does it mean to love by degree? What does this say, too, about my place in my own children's love chain? Is this the cycle of life, then? To be prepared to be thrown under the bus, if necessary, by those you value most in the world?

Persevering is what wives do. Staying is what mothers do. Tending is what daughters do.

The best thing about a dog is that no matter what, he always welcomes you home.

May love and faith eternal reign in both our hearts. - Rosina

Once trust was lost it was impossible to salvage a relationship, she told me. She was right. I think that relationships only rarely survive once the inner sanctum has been violated. What forges a couple is the shared responsibility to defend that space.

Caleb aveva pensato spesso con un sorriso che se Giulio Cesare fosse stato un cane, a tradirlo sarebbe stato Silent Joe.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.

he took her to wife, she would still study to please him, nor take umbrage at aught that he should do or say, and if she would be obedient, and many other like things, to all of which she answered ay;

Si muore generalmente perché si è soli o perché si è entrati in un gioco troppo grande. Si muore spesso perché non si dispone delle necessarie alleanze, perché si è privi di sostegno. In Sicilia la mafia colpisce i servitori dello Stato che lo Stato non è riuscito a proteggere.

De dois amigos, um é o amo e o outro o servo. O súcubo e o íncubo.

Dans un pays civilisé, une guerre civile éclaterait, affirmait à un certain moment le héros de la pièce, mais chez nous il n'y a pas de citoyens, il s'agira donc d'une guerre entre laquais. Ce n'est pas pire qu'une guerre civile, mais c'est un peu plus répugnant, plus misérable. " Nikolai Brandeis

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart, and not with his lips only, follow me.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.