Quotes about Loyalty

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

No relationship can continue very long at its highest emotional pitch. But fidelity prepares us for the return of these moments

He thought rightly that we Americans, by inclination at least, have been divided into two kinds: "boomers" and "stickers." Boomers, he said, are "those who pillage and run," who want "to make a killing and end up on Easy Street," whereas stickers are "those who settle, and love the life they have made and the place they have made it in.

Wheeler served them as their defender against the law itself, before which they were ciphers, and so felt themselves—and he could do this only as their friend.

the father who is the natural enemy of any son and son-in-law of whom the mother is the ally, just as after the wedding the father will be the ally of the actual son-in-law who has for mortal foe the mother of his wife.

Authentic followers of Christ follow Him in the midst of a hostile and toxic environment.

When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt I was deserting. If everyone of any value leaves France, what will remain of France?

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of us were of so pure and lofty a character that they passed over us like the winds of heaven unnoticed when they treated us not as what we were, but as what we aspired to be. -- from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.