Quotes About Loyalty

He was disappointed on his first Vietnam tour in 1965 when he'd seen little action. Now, with his own company, he was eager to be put to use. His ears stuck out on either side of his high-and-tight and he wore US Marine Corps–issued glasses in thick black plastic frames. In his wallet, he carried a formal portrait of his wife, Missy, and daughter, Marianne, both wearing pink. The politics of the war didn't concern him at all. He was a marine; there was a war on.

Many of those who survived are still paying for it. To me the way they were used, particularly the way their idealism and loyalty were exploited by leaders who themselves had lost faith in the effort, is a stunning betrayal. It is a lasting American tragedy and disgrace.

Given our disagreements over some points of the Bible, denominations are good, not bad, because they allow each church to follow Jesus according to conscience, and they keep strife between Christians of different convictions at bay. But if those denominations become the ultimate focus of our loyalty, then they are terrible idols. Keep clear fences but keep them low, and shake hands over them often.

Que el matrimonio se trata de amistad. Todo lo que se diga con relación a pasar tiempo y estar juntos toda una vida, tener recuerdos, ser buenos oyentes, envejecer y cuidarse uno al otro, ser sinceros, tener una amplia visión de las cosas, arrepentirse y perdonar, se puede resumir en una palabra: amistad.

Three facts distinguish a steward: 1) A steward gladly acknowledges that he or she belongs to the Lord.

Many modern Christians will take the best programs from every church while committing to no church. They even have a name for it: "church shopping.

I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people.

I think she cared more for that bloody dog than for me, for us. And maybe that's not so stupid, looking back... maybe it is easier living on your own looking after some stupid mutt than sharing your life with other actual human beings.

I cooked his meals. I cleaned his clothes. I looked after him every weekend. I look after him when he was ill. I took him to the doctor. I worried myself sick everytime he wandered off somewhere at night. I went to school every time he got into a fight. And you? What? You wrote him some fucking letters.

I did know what it meant when you say you promise something. You have to say that you will never do something again and then you must never do it because that would make the promise a lie.

i cani sono fedeli e non dicono bugie perché non sanno parlare.

She idly stroked his head in the way one might stroke a dog.

dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

It was a stupid, insane, suicidal idea. Which makes it quite hard to explain why I decided to help. I guess it boils down to this. Charlie was my best friend. I missed him. And I couldn't think of anything better to do. Really stupid reasons which were never going to impress the police, the headmistress or my parents. Looking back, I reckon this was the moment when my whole life started to go pear-shaped.

Never trust a man who doesn't like animals. That's my rule.

I also said that I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people.

You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

Me gustan los perros. Uno siempre sabe qué está pensando un perro. Tienen cuatro estados de ánimo. Contento, triste, enfadado y concentrado. Además, los perros son fieles y no dicen mentiras porque no hablan.

I pulled the fork out of the dog and lifted him into my arms and hugged him. He was leaking blood from the fork-holes. I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

It was Bill Clinton who once pithily captured the contrast between the two parties when it came to selecting a presidential standard-bearer: Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line.

Loyalty is the elixir that makes death easy, but it's also the quality that gives life purpose.

He was not sure to what he had to be loyal. But he assumed that this uncertainty, like the other torments suffered by his fellow lunatics, would someday vanish.

heartbroken that lines so loyal, stubborn, and courageous for so long would come to a vacuous end.

No one ever escapes Gloucester. Kids go off to college and settle somewhere else. But they always come back. If Gloucester is all you know, every place else seems a little phony.