It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American Head of State
I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
—E. M. Forster (1879–1970) English Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist
Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) English Poet, Novelist
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one’s country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.
—Josiah Royce (1855–1916) American Idealist Philosopher
The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo (1920–99) Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
—Hannah Arendt (1906–75) German-American Philosopher, Political Theorist
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
It is all right to rat, but you can’t re-rat.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Once the good man was dead, one wore his hat and another his sword as he had worn them, a third had himself barbered as he had, a fourth walked as he did, but the honest man that he was—nobody any longer wanted to be that.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Others
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
I’ll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
—Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974) Polish-born American Film Producer, Businessperson
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
We are the local embodiment of a Cosmos grown to self-awareness. We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose. Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
—Carl Sagan (1934–96) American Astronomer
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.
—Common Proverb
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
—Michael Jordan (b.1963) American Sportsperson, Businessperson
Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one’s superiors; care for one’s crew.
—Grace Hopper (1906–92) American Naval Officer, Mathematician
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
Loyalty is a feature in a boy’s character that inspires boundless hope.
—Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941) English Soldier, Founder of the Boy Scouts
Always laugh heartily at the jokes your boss tells, it maybe a loyalty test.
—Unknown
Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
It is better to be faithful than famous.
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Explorer
Disciples be damned. It’s not interesting. It’s only the masters that matter. Those who create.
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Artist