#loyalty

Everybody who flashed the signs of loyalty he took to be loyal. Everybody who flashed the signs of intelligence he took to be intelligent. And so he had failed to see into his daughter, failed to see into his wife, failed to see into his one and only mistress—probably had never even begun to see into himself ↗

— Philip Roth

#intelligence #know-thyself #loyalty #social-intelligence #intelligence

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. ↗

— Cornel West

#loyalty #relationships #life

It’s you and me that matters to me and you. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#loyalty #truth #love

Oh, this time I was doing the gossiping. You should really dismiss me for disloyalty, not to mention the disrespect I'm showing right now by talking to you like this. ↗

— Jayne Bauling

#disloyal #disloyalty #dismiss #disrespect #employee

I found I could listen without envy to Letty's singing, and afterwards when the applause came, I did not mind that Mrs Knowles was heaping praises upon her. Peter's hands were on my chair, and when I leaned back I could feel them against my shoulders. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet

A perfect love is not giving too much devotion and loyalty, but understanding little tiny things. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #loyalty #understanding #love

A friend is someone who walks into a room when everyone else is walking out. ↗

— Gary Moore

#loyalty #dreams

Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. ↗

— Mark Twain

#loyalty

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them. ↗

— Stanley Coren

#dogs-loyalty #fear #loyalty

Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” “He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,” said Harry, smiling in spite of himself. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#loyalty