Quotes About Loyalty

You may poke a man's fire after you've known him for seven years.

A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.

Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.

If you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life -- if you cannot look back to those whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection, still it is no less incumbent on you to move steadily in the path of duty; for your active excretions are due not only to society; but in humble gratitude to the Being who made you a member of it, with powers to save yourself and others.

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them.

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.

The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight, And walks with you in the shadows.

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Life is nothing without friendship.

Your friendship is your needs answered.

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are.

Friendship is a very simple word, very commonly used. The word friend is almost used on a daily basis. Yet, the depth and meaning of friendship certainly go beyond the simple and the common. Throughout history friendship has been a favorite theme for many writers. The following passages highlight what others have said about friendship in the past.

A friend is known when needed.

A friend in power is a friend lost.