logo

Quotes About Loyalty

One day your knees will creak," he told them. Stig looked up at him and rolled his eyes. "If I don't get drowned by my best friend in the meantime.
~ John Flanagan
man who breaks his oath, who turns traitor once, can always do the same thing again.
~ John Flanagan
A man who breaks his oath, who turns traitor once, can always do the same thing again.
~ John Flanagan
Wat zou Alyss willen dat ik deed?'... Hij hoorde het haar bijna zeggen: 'Het zijn je vrienden.
~ John Flanagan
We're not big on that sort of thing. We wait for our leader to point to an enemy and say, 'Go whack him.
~ John Flanagan
His method of making his way through the crowd was a simple one. He deviated neither to left nor right, but forged straight ahead, using his broad shoulders to clear a path. A pace behind him, his beautiful wife, Lady Sandra, followed in the space he cleared.
~ John Flanagan
I most certainly am not! I wouldn't want a big lump like him riding me. She moved closer to Bumper and whispered, 'Just go along with it, will you? And how do you know my dad is a big lump?' He's a knight. They're all big lumps. But all right, hoist her up.
~ John Flanagan
You know, there are some people who might think it was a good career move to show sympathy for their commanding officer's problems," he said. Then he sighed."But very few of those people were trained by Halt.
~ John Flanagan
John Flanagan
~ enemy" line
Natuurlijk stond Will daar klaar. Want Halt had hem daar nodig. Will zou er zijn, omdat hij Will was - en Will had Halt nog nooit in de steek gelaten.
~ John Flanagan
If you believe that," he said grimly, "then you have never seen Skandians fight, my friend.
~ John Flanagan
Weet je, Arnaut,' zei hij na enige tijd, 'vroeger was je zo'n onschuldige, vriendelijke knaap. Je deed geen vlieg kwaad. Wat is er de laatste tijd toch met je aan de hand?' Arnaut grijnsde breed. 'Wie met pek omgaat, wordt zwart!' riep hij. En dat kon Halt niet ontkennen.
~ John Flanagan
Remember, Halt had told him, our task is to assist the barons but our first loyalty is to the King. We are the direct representatives of the King's will and sometimes that may not exactly coincide with local interests. We cooperate with the barons and we advise them. But we maintain our independence from them. Don't allow yourself to become indebted to your baron, or to become too close to the people of the castle.
~ John Flanagan
Geen teken van onze grote harige vriend?' - Thorn 'Tot jij naast me kwam lopen niet, nee... O, bij de harige oksels van Orlog... daar heb je hém weer.' - Lydia
~ John Flanagan
What . . . do I have to do exactly?" "If anyone annoys me, you squash him," Hal told him and Ingvar nodded happily.
~ John Flanagan
Furthermore, you are a trusted officer in the service of the King and so on and so on and hi diddle diddle dee dee . . ." He glanced up again. " These forms really carry on a bit, don't they?
~ John Flanagan
John Flanagan
~ communiqués
Dat prinsessengedoe is meer iets voor in kasteel Araluen. In mijn gewone leven ben ik een leerling-Jager, in mijn vierde jaar nu. - Maddie
~ John Flanagan
It would be unthinkably bad luck to be betrayed by a rumbling stomach.
~ John Flanagan
Nor did Baggio endear himself to the Juventus faithful by his loyalty to Fiorentina. In the Fiorentina-Juve match in April 1991, Juve won a penalty. Baggio refused to take it, and it was missed. He was then substituted, and on his way to the bench picked up and put on a Fiorentina scarf. Weeks of argument followed.
~ John Foot
We don't know how to insult you any more' (Inter fan banner, directed at their own team)
~ John Foot
su Gianni Rivera) Ma se non si correva per Gianni, per chi valeva la pena farlo?
~ John Foot
Sire—I have received an order, under your majesty's seal, to put to death all the protestants in my province. I have too much respect for your majesty, not to believe the letter a forgery; but if (which God forbid) the order should be genuine, I have too much respect for your majesty to obey it.
~ John Foxe
Bonner had served a poor blind harper in nearly the same manner, who had steadily maintained a hope that if every joint of him were to be burnt, he should not fly from the faith.
~ John Foxe