Loyalty Quotes - Page 6

• Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Ambition, Men

  "United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98, 103". Judicial opinion, 1951.

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• All men are mortal, and therefore all men are losers; our profoundest loyalty goes out to the failed.

  John Updike

  Failure, Men, Loser

  John Updike (2012). “Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism”, p.101, Random House

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• You don't love someone out of loyalty... nor out of sympathy, either.

  Jae Hee

  Love Someone

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• In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

  Eric Hoffer

  Ignorance, Men, Compassion

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Sacrifice, Self, Bravery

  Morihei Ueshiba (2005). “The Art of Peace”, p.67, Shambhala Publications

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• That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or, rather, became a matter of pardoning offenses instead of denying their existence.

  Shirley Hazzard

  People, Matter, Never Quit

  Shirley Hazzard (2004). “Cliffs of Fall: And Other Stories”, p.175, Macmillan

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• Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Happiness, Witty

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.146, Penguin

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• In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Moving, Ambition, Men

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• A brand is nothing but an expression of the consumer’s loyalty and trust.

  Phil Dusenberry

  Expression, Consumers, Brands

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• Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

  Alexander Pope

  Dog, Silly, Example

  Alexander Pope (1737). “Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope: And Several of His Friends”, p.53

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• Being part of a fraternity has given me the foundation for everything I do in my career from the loyalty to the determination; it laid the foundation for everything Ive been able to enjoy. Im heavily involved with Omega Psi Phi.

  Terrence J

  Determination, Careers, Foundation

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• My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

  Mark Twain

  Country, Office, Patriotism

  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 13 (1889)

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• When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.

  Colin Powell

  Mean, Thinking, Issues

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• My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

  Mark Twain

  Country, Real, Winter

  Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.100, Createspace Independent Pub

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• He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

  Sophocles

  Bad Friend

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• Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Dedication, Christ

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.4, Discovery House

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• Of all the things that your company owns, brands are far and away the most important and the toughest. Founders die. Factories burn down. Machinery wears out. Inventories get depleted. Technology becomes obsolete. Brand loyalty is the only sound foundation on which business leaders can build enduring, profitable growth.

  Jim Mullen

  Technology, Leader, Growth

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• Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

  Christopher Dawson

  Spiritual, Fall, Principles

  Christopher Dawson, Gerald J. Russello (1998). “Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)”, p.120, CUA Press

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• For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter.

  Marie de France

  Love, Mean, Matter

  Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing

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• But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to keep segregated with men of his own origin and separated from the rest of America, then he isn't doing his part as an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. . . We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house; and we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, America, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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• Mafia is a process,not a thing. Mafia is a form of clan - cooperation to which it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Friendship, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience - this was the glue that held us together.

  Joseph Bonanno

  Ties, Together, Mafia

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• Once the rudiments of loyalty are in place, the ambitious have been inclined to work with them to promote their own political advancement, and they have availed themselves of the symbols of loyalty to mobilize popular support for their own personal ends.

  Michael Waller

  Support, Political, Ambitious

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• Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

  Confucius

  Spiritual, Mistake, Moral

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• Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

  Bill Gates

  Leadership, Business, Motivation

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

  Seneca the Younger

  Money, Fidelity, Destruction

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