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Quotes About Loyalty

But the boy protected Yorda from the shadows-that-walk-alone. He took her hand, defended her, swung his thin arm, and fought with his tiny frame, driving them back. If the shades dragged her into their realm, she would once again become a prisoner, and the boy would turn to stone, a sad adornment in the castle. Yorda knew this. But the boy did not--even as he did not know that Yorda was the property of the queen of the castle--and he protected her.
~ Miyuki Miyabe
Just hush up and hang to me, Princess. I don't care what I have to do. His majesty is gone now. My master is you. Use me... so that you can live. That... that is what I am here for." —Son Hak
~ Unknown
The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.
~ Mme. De Stael
Between Friends and Siblings, I choose Sibling and I reject Friends. quote in UN assemble 1974
~ Mobutu Sese Seko
I am not resting until I die. I am not doing this for myself, but for the country.
~ Unknown
No matter how bad things get everywhere else, a pet will continue to offer unconditional love and acceptance.
~ Unknown
Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run. No! If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all yers.
~ Unknown
It was Hannah Arendt who first noted, back in 1951, that "totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty
~ Moisés Naím
ni el líder cubano reitera su condena a la intentona golpista contra Carlos Andrés Pérez, un presidente que fue su gran aliado y llegó a ser su amigo.
~ Moisés Naím
Todo el mundo está bravo» La luna de miel ha terminado. Ya no hay venezolanos: hay chavistas o antichavistas, bolivarianos o escuálidos, vendepatrias o apátridas.
~ Moisés Naím
When traditional politicians break an important norm, their supporters turn on them, and their political standing suffers. But when celebrity leaders break an important norm, their fans don't turn on the leaders; they turn on the norm. In fact, they rally to the leaders, whose standing often improves, at least in the fans' eyes.
~ Moisés Naím
Trump's supporters don't adopt his name as such, but they identify themselves entirely with his slogan, to the point of transforming "MAGA" from an acronym to collective noun.
~ Moisés Naím
Salvini seemed to grasp what Di Maio never did: political followers make demands on leaders, while political fans offer them the kind of unconditional support that frees them to pursue power for their own ends.
~ Moisés Naím
El que no está conmigo está contra mí.» Para Hugo éste no es un dicho más. Es casi un mandato divino.
~ Moisés Naím
Contre la médisance il n'est point de rempart.
~ Moliere
No, you shall be, my faith! Tartuffified.
~ Moliere
DORINE. By my faith, With such a fine broad back, good Mr. Loyal, A little beating would become you well. MR. LOYAL. My girl, such infamous words are actionable. And warrants can be issued against women.
~ Moliere
If the King had given me for my own Paris, his citadel, And I for that must leave alone Her whom I love so well, I'd say then to the Crown, Take back your glittering town; My darling is more fair, I swear, My darling is more fair.   The
~ Moliere
it's hard to be a faithful wife, in short, To certain husbands of a certain sort
~ Moliere
A lover pays his court where his heart has taken root; he aims at gaining every one's favour in that spot; and so as to have no one opposed to his flame, he endeavours to please the very house-dog.
~ Moliere
My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.
~ Moliere
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
~ Moliere
A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
~ Moliere
Truthfully, he would break every rule he had, every promise he'd ever made, and go to all the trouble in the world for this girl and she had no idea. None.
~ Molly O'Keefe