Quotes About Loyalty

I've come to think one is truly married only when one is more committed to one's vows than the person they refer to.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service

If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.

Voor de controleurs van de heimat en de garandeerders van het wij-gevoel geldt maar één ding : het moet zijn zoals het altijd is geweest, opdat het zo blijft.

Information secured after the end of hostilities supports our surmise that some Abwehr officials willfully shut their eyes to suspicions about their agents. They thought it better for selfish reasons to have corrupt or disloyal agents than to have no agents at all.

For a man can win nothing better than a good wife, and nothing more painful than a bad one.

We'll stay close and never part. I'll always love you cross my heart.

Knights who go charging after fire-breathing dragons out of some sense of duty to protect their fair maidens die in vain.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

For no one, in our long decline, So dusty, spiteful and divided, Had quite such pleasant friends as mine, Or loved them half as much as I did.

He served his god so faithfully and well That now he sees him face to face in hell.

Today, salute, mile, serve, deep. And I am never doing that again.-Kavi

How do you know he's a friend? There might be a number of people looking for me." The creases around her eyes deepened. "I figure he's a friend, 'cause every now and then he calls,'Answer me, you stubborn son-of-a-bitch.

I never thought honor would feel like betrayal.

I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And Weasle is my shield. What you hold are only pieces of iron.

With Weasel and Arisa at his side, anything was possible. Anything.

By making the choice to stay you are participating in a crime.

How many men can say, as I must, 'I am a man whose only friend is the King of England'? I have everything, you would think. And yet take Henry away, and I have nothing.

The king never does an upleasent thing. Lord Cromwell does it for him.

Henry stirs into life. 'Do I retain you for what is easy? Do you think it is for your personal beauty? The charm of your presence? I keep you, Master Cromwell, because you are as cunning as a bag of serpents. But do not be a viper in my bosom. You know my decision. Execute it.' pg. 585

Last night he kept the vigil alone. He lay awake, wishing Liz back; waiting for her to come and lie beside him. It's true he is at Esher with the cardinal, not at home at the Austin Friars. But, he thought, she'll know how to find me. She'll look for the cardinal, drawn through the space between worlds by incense and candlelight. Whereever the cardinal is, I will be.

God knows what risks we take, God knows all that Danton has done. God and Camille. God will keep his mouth shut.

Thomas More syas that the imperial troops, for their enjoyment, are roasting live babies on spits. Oh, he would! says Thomas Cromwell. Listen, soldiers don't do that. They're too busy carrying away everything they can turn into ready money.