Quotes about Loyalty
Men cannot know each other till they have 'eaten salt together'.
- Aristotle
Piety requires us to honour truth above our friends.
- Aristotle
Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use. And a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.' (...) 'You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Now, Watson,' said Holmes, (...) 'you'll come with me, won't you?' 'If I can be of use.' 'Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use. And a chronicler still more so. My room at The Cedars is a double-bedded one.' (...) 'You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,' said he. 'It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. Pon my word, it is a great thing for me to have someone to talk to, for my own thoughts are not over-pleasant.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
In the high tide or low tide, I'm gonna be your friend... I'm gonna be your friend!
- Bob Marley
One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
- John Milton
we owe love to all people, but only to a proven friend are we to entrust "the secrets of the heart.
- John Ortberg
Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
- John Updike
Respect a man, and he will do all the more.
- John Wooden
Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.
- John Wooden