Quotes About Loyalty

Patriotism was used to muddle the sense of morality: "Our beloved country is being attacked and we must be loyal to it; in times of crisis it is not right to criticize your leaders. It is disloyal, an act of treachery." Using jingoist language is far easier than taking responsibility for righteousness in the nation. Far easier to shout patriotic slogans than to work patriotically for justice.

audacious quip of Teresa of Avila when she was energetically engaged in reforming the Carmelite monasteries, traveling all over Spain by oxcart on bad roads. One day she was thrown from her cart into a muddy stream. She shook her fist at God, "God, if this is the way you treat your friends, no wonder you don't have many.

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.

The romance of treason never occurred to us for the brutally simple reason that you can't betray a country you don't have," James Baldwin writes. You can't be a traitor if you've never been a citizen.

Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity").

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

A second wife is hateful to the children of the first a viper is not more hateful.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

What do you mean to do with Maia when you do find her?" the professor asked that night. "Take her back to the Keminskys and never let her out of my sight again," said Miss Minton. "She may not find it easy." "Why on earth not? The Keminskys are the kindest people in the world." "Yes. But she has tasted freedom.

Lord Byrne looked at his wife. He'd married her blind, knowing nothing about her except that she had a quiet voice, a sensible manner and some spare cash. Now, eight years later, he would have died for her without a moment's hesitation. To dress up as a hussar in Wellington's army would be harder, but he would do it.

We've been together for thirty-five years," Alec had said. "We've no call to change now.

It is for England that one marries,' she said. 'For the land.

My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them.

It is often by our bullshit that we reveal our allegiance. Our words convey a sense of belonging to a particular club. And because it is a subtle form of communication, it is harder to fake that an explicit statement of loyalty.

Thank you," she whispered, laying her head on his shoulder. "And thank you for coming for me, Sylvan." "I will always come for you, Talana," he said hoarsely. "No matter what happens or who stands in the way. You're mine." "Sylvan…

When the now-infamous Donald Trump-Billy Bush audio feed was released, my confidence in Trump all but evaporated.

I've seen so many of my friends get cut and released and all taken advantage of because at the end of the day, we say it's the business part of the game.

You never compete with the people in your crew; you have your own team. Competition is only with those people whose film is releasing alongside on Friday and never with one's own team.

I'm most passionate about personalization. I firmly believe that personalized experiences with brands will most drive loyalty and relevance for customers in the future.