Quotes About Loyalty

Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

Patrick used to be popular, until Sam bought him some good music.

I was just trying to be a friend,' I said. 'But you weren't, Charlie. At those times, you weren't being his friend at all. Because you weren't honest with him.

It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except "be there." I want to make him stop hurting, but I can't. So, I just follow him around whenever he wants to show me his world.

And I just let him. Because that's what friends are for.

Then, we all laughed because we knew we could get in trouble for swearing, but the strength of our numbers would prevent any retribution.

I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just being a good guy by telling.

At those times, you weren't being his friend at all. Because you weren't honest with him.

Patrick made jokes to keep everyone honest.

The man was a case study for those fools who believed that a politician's character didn't matter as long as he was on their side. The truth was that Kalugin had no side but his own: he was as ready to devour his supporters as he was his enemies.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

No involvement, no commitment.

He suddenly lost concern for himself, and forgot to look at a menacing fate. He became not a man but a member. He felt that something of which he was a part—a regiment, an army, a cause, or a country—was in a crisis. He was welded into a common personality which was dominated by a single desire. For some moments he could not flee no more than a little finger can commit a revolution from a hand.

There's no fun in fightin' fer people when everything yeh do—no matter what—ain't done right.

Daddy, were you a hero? And he answered, No, but I served with heroes.

you liked him so much you just hated to let him down." He was, and is, all but worshiped by the men of E Company.

No wrong will ever be done you by our nation."3

When the shooting started, they wanted to look up to the guy beside them, not down.

Comrades are closer than friends, closer than brothers. Their relationship is different from that of lovers.

May works be the test of patriotism as they ought, of right, to be of religion.

After all I've done for you? Medea kept her voice steady. 'Who was it who helped you defeat the fire-breathing oven and the great spent of the Grove of Area? Who was it who overcame Talos of Crete...' Yes, yes, yes. But...

It is easier to hide a hundred mountains from a jealous wife than one mistress.

This is all you really need, isn't it? Just one good friend. Somebody you can be stupid with. Somebody who'll peel you up off the ground, prop you against the wall.

That's the bravest thing, I think: not to be brave for yourself but for a buddy when it gets you nothing and costs you everything.