Quotes About Loyalty

It was nice to have him back. It made me realize that he was probably the only genuinely nice person in the whole group. Amongst us all he stands out like a good deed in a bad world, as they say.

In short, somewhere inside you there is a Machiavelli. Yes, he is a ruthless manipulator; but no prince, especially a kind one, would stay in power long without at least one advisor with as remorseless a point of view as that of the enemies a prince will surely have. The trick is to listen well but keep Machiavelli in his place.

The Romans had a great general named Cincinnatus. The legend is that he had wanted to live quietly on his farm but was persuaded twice to return to public

As the novelist Charles Williams wrote, "Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter.

They were addicts, and addicts of any kind were very reliable customers.

trust takes years to build seconds to break and forever to repair

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing—"carry a message to Garcia."

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life.

The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ( Get Out or Get in Line , 1928)

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

A friend is one who knows you and loves yu just the same.

Do not mislead Perez Anna or malign the people who have sheltered you for over twenty years. We are not - what is the word for eaters of one another?" "Capitalists," said Anna.

You are a dog. You are a dog," she repeated.

Then you--weren't lovers?" Pollyanna's voice was tragic with dismay. "Never!" "And it isn't all coming out like a book? . . . Oh dear! And it was all going so splendidly," almost sobbed Pollyanna. "I'd have been so glad to come--with Aunt Polly." "And you won't--now?" The man asked the question without turning his head. "Of course not! I'm Aunt Polly's!

The more I see of men," she grumbled in one, "the more I love dogs."50

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

One curious feature about political reform is that so many people feel it is "disloyal" to attempt to rectify the abuses in one's own party. And yet it is obvious that political morality is dependent upon the awakened conscience and private morality of the voters. Such "disloyalty" is simply an evidence of loyalty to principle.

If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.

I gave a nervous laugh, then said, "Thanks, but at a certain point school is over." "Not for you: you're my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.

Forse dovresti imparare a capire chi sono gli amici e chi i nemici.