Quotes About Loyalty

And what of this young woman beside him, whom he had loved devotedly for four years and still did love? She had given him more than Elizabeth ever could: months of unflawed relationship, unquestioning trust (which he was now betraying in thought) . Oh nonsense! What man did not at some time or another glance elsewhere? And who could complain if it remained at a glance? (Chance was a fine thing).

Lui resterà con me. Non perché deve, ma perché vuole.

Almost under his breath he said, "First threatenings an' now bribery. Bribery as I'm alive! Money for Judas, I reckon they'm thinking. Stand up in a court o' law agin an old friend. Worse'n Judas, for he did it on the quiet, like. An' for what? Thirty bits o' silver. An' I'm reckoning they wouldn't

They'd want for me to do un for twenty or ten. Tedn reasonable, tedn proper, tedn Christian, tedn right." There was a short pause. "Ten guineas down and ten guineas after the trial," said Garth. "Ha!" said Jud. "Just what I thought.

Ross said quietly: 'Yes, I could sleep with you.' She smiled at him. He said: 'And for the same reasons will not.' 'Thank you, Captain.' He said: 'You've always been my firm friend – from so long ago. Almost before we knew each other well at all.' 'I believe I fancied you from the beginning.' 'I believe it was something more important than that, even then.

Joshua Poldark died in March 1783. In February of that year, feeling that his tenure was becoming short, he sent for his brother from Trenwith.

Having a husband, it seems to me, is a small matter like going to church. Either you trust in something or you do not. If you do not, then there's no benefit in going to church at all, is there? But if you do believe in him, then you've no excuse to be asking for proofs all the time.

Perchè se lei non riusciva ad abbandonare un amico, nemmeno lui poteva farlo.

Poi, mentre la fiamma moriva lentamente e un oggetto dopo l'altro nella stanza scivolava nelle ombre, [Demelza] si sdraiò e si rannicchiò insieme al cane, sentendo la tensione di lui che si allentava man mano che gli sussurrava parole amorevoli all'orecchio.

A Nampara, nonostante tutti i vincoli che doveva rispettare, era libera; e lavorava insieme a persone cui si era affezionata e per un uomo che adorava.

Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain't something you can find just around the corner.

The ugly truth is revealed that fear is the foundation of obedience.

Cabinet Minister: "The trouble with the Germans is that they are like a lot of sheep; they will follow anybody."] Oh, it is far worse than that, they are carnivorous sheep!

To fight in defence of his native land is the first duty of the citizen. But to fight in defence of some one else's native land is a different proposition. It may also be a sacred obligation, but it involves a higher conception.

Early in 1193, at a moment already full of peril, the grave news reached England that the King was prisoner "somewhere in Germany". There was general and well-founded consternation among the loyal bulk of his subjects. John declared that Richard was dead, appeared in arms, and claimed the crown. That England was held for Richard in his long absence against all these powerful and subtle forces is a proof of the loyalties of the feudal age.

Shoot if you must this old grey head, But spare your country's flag,' she said.

I resisted these movements whenever they came to my notice. In this I was supported by Marshal Stalin, who followed the Russian maxim, "You may always walk with the Devil till you get to the end of the bridge.

How much easier it is to join bad companions than to shake them off!

In 1933 the students of the Oxford Union, under the inspiration of a Mr. Joad, passed their ever-shameful resolution, "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country.

One always measures friendship by how they show up in bad weather.

Weakness is not treason, though it may be equally disastrous.

Everything was duty. It was not merely that nothing else mattered. There was nothing else. One did one's duty as well as one possibly could, be it great or small, and naturally one deserved no reward.

Ten million homes awaited the return of the warriors. A hundred cities prepared to acclaim their triumphs. But all were defeated; all were stricken; everything that they had given was given in vain. The hideous injuries they inflicted and bore, the privations they endured, the grand loyalties they exemplified, all were in vain. Nothing was gained by any.

The Home Guard overtopped the million mark, and when rifles were lacking grasped lustily the shotgun, the sporting rifle, the private pistol, or, when there was no firearm, the pike and the club. No Fifth Column existed in Britain, though a few spies were carefully rounded up and examined. What few Communists there were lay low. Everyone else gave all they had to give.