Quotes About Loyalty

We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves.

earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found it advisable--' 'Found what?' said the Duck. 'Found it,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: 'of course

I don't care. If I like somebody, I like her, and that's that." He thumped his chest and made a scowly face. "Let 'em come for me. I will stare down the mob with their pitchforks! I will make a speech about tolerance and love. I will tell them the folly of their ways! And then I will grab your hand and run like hell because, Jesus, a mob with pitchforks?

There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...

They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.

I knew it. You're an alien," said her former best friend, the pale, bespectacled creature with the spectacular cleavage. "Yes, I'm an alien and I still made cheerleader. And now I'm going to steal your boyfriend to prove girls can't really be friends." "I sat back timidly when you torched my house, killed my parents, and ate my dog. But now you're stealing my boyfriend? That's a step too far!

Well, are you going to motivate people to bring peace to war-torn nations, or are you going to motivate people to join a cult and drink the Kool-Aid?

Blood is thicker than water. That's what they say. But in truth, most things are.

Evie yanked him to safety by the edge of his shirt, ripping it. "Thanks. You owe me a shirt," Sam said. "You owe me twenty dollars.

I suppose it's all in how you define patriotism. Some say that's only saying good things about your country. Others say that it's speaking against what you feel is wrong with your country and trying to make a change.

I think being friends with you will be challenging, he said at last. 'Will be challenging'? Henry shrugged. I guess you're stuck with me now, Miss Chan. I apologize in advance.

He'd gone goofy for her, and if she broke his heart, that would be the end of the best friendship he'd ever had. He couldn't risk that.

The most important quality in a friend is to be yourself. Unless you're not a very nice person. Then you should try to be somebody else.

I can't stay long. I told my mother I was attending an evening Mass with Henry and Evie at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Henry put a hand to his chest in faux shock. You used the Lord to lie to them? I'll just stand over here in case you're struck by lightning.

being a good and reliable friend was pretty heroic when it came down to it.

Memphis stared into the fire. "Why are we trying to save this country? What's it ever done for us?" In his mind, he could still see those words on that hateful sign. "Maybe we should just let it burn. Maybe we should let the King of Crows have it all." Bill let the question sit for a long time. "It's the only country we got, I reckon." "That's a bullshit answer," Memphis grumbled. "Only answer I got, too.

Qwilleran said, "If I had a dog, it would be a German shepherd.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives...

tagging Allegra

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money" (Matthew 6:24).

When Can A Wife Disobey? When a husband asks his wife to do something directly contrary to Scripture.

Spies and parents never sleep.

God, I love you, he said, and laid his head on her belly, his arms locked around her hips. Madelyn slid her fingers into his hair. It took you long enough, she said gently. What I lack in quickness, I make up in staying power. Meaning? That I'll still be telling you that fifty years from now. He paused and turned his head to kiss her stomach.

What good is having a friend who's a cop if he won't give me inside information? So you can ask him to look at a piece of shit pistol after you've already bought it, and pronounce it a piece of shit.