Quotes About Loyalty

S]ocial life cannot be reduced to a series of market exchanges. We need covenants as well as contracts; meanings as well as preferences; loyalties, not just temporary associations for mutual gain. These things go to the heart of who we are. They are the 'signals of transcendence' in the midst of a fast-paced world. For life to have personal meaning, there must be people who matter to us, and for whom we matter, unconditionally and nonsubstitutably.

One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.

At last! Am I glad to see you! Right, stab this guy quickly, and let's be going.

You shouldn't have done it," I said. "You shouldn't have risked yourself." "Come off it," Lockwood said. "You know I'd die for you." He chuckled. "Heaven knows, I've come near it often enough. Scrambling down a crack in the ground is nothing…

Whatever the cost, as long as you're in my company, be sure I'll always be there for you.

Take me! You need a companion." "Yep," I said. "And I'm going with Lockwood." In fact, I had to hurry. I could hear him putting his coat on in the hall. "Aha…Are you? Oh, I see. Better leave you to it, then." "Right. Good." I paused. "Meaning what?" "Nothing, nothing." The evil eyes winked at me. "I'm no third wheel." "I don't

This was classic Lockwood. Friendly, considerate, empathetic. My personal impulse would have been to slap the girl soundly round the face and boot her moaning backside out into the night. Which is why he's the leader, and I'm not. Also why I have no female friends.

Wrong. I'm not alone. I have my friends.

But don't worry though, Nat, you're not totally alone. You've always got me.

But don't worry though, Nat , you're not totally alone. You've always got me.

Julius Tallow gave Nathaniel an unctuous smile. "That's the kind of servant you need, Mandrake," he said. "No glibness, no chatter. Obeys without question. I'd get rid of this smooth-tongued serpent, if I were you." The panther swished its tail. "Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.

If you think I suddenly trust you, Bartimeaus —" "Oh, don't trust me , whatever you do. Trust your summons. I'm charged to keep you safe at this point, aren't I?

Much has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus," he went on. "Do you remember how we parted?" "No." I did. "You set light to me, old friend. Struck a match and left me burning in a copse." The crow shifted uneasily beneath the cleaver."That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland...

You get married to have an ally against your family, and now I'm heading into the trenches alone.

What cannot be changed, must be endured," he said grimly. "Our duty now is to the living.

When evil strikes and fury wakes, Then love will face the choice it makes. Death will free the loyal friend. As it began, so shall it end. Bound to the beast, you play your part-- The comfort of the aching heart.

A runner must be able to cover a lot of ground in a day, but he is unusually well-treated and cared for; on his discretion and integrity – since he is intrusted with the most confidential matters – the welfare, or more, of his owners may depend. Occasionally a messenger of this kind for the sake of revenge destroys life-long relations of friendship. However, that induces few individuals to learn writing, and thus make themselves independent of their slaves for life;

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

If the obligations of friendship are constraints, then I am so constrained.

It has always been my opinion," Bea said musingly, "that there can be worse kinds of infidelity than the merely sexual. I'm a simple woman with a very simple outlook on life. I've always found that things work out best if you keep to certain simple rules. Right down the line. And one of the first rules for a successful marriage is loyalty to your partner. Total loyalty.

Patriotism is a menace to liberty.

I'm surrounded by great friends and family. I don't know what I would do without them.

honest, darling, you're the only dental assistant in my life)(in fact, you're the only girl in my life)(in fact, you're my life).