Friday, 24 April 2026

LOYALTY

 

                LOYALTY     

            Loyalty is the quality of being faithful in one’s support of something or somebody. Its synonyms  are :  Sincerity, faithfulness, fidelity, allegiance, true-heartedness, steadfastness, trustworthiness, reliability, constancy, stability, and dependability.

            A loyal person does not change at any stage.  He is firm, devoted, stable, dutiful, constant, unchanging, unwavering , unswerving, and non-treacherous.

             In Shakespeare’s plays, there are a few quotations on this subject.  They are:

(1). The loyalty well held to fools does make

Our faith mere folly; yet he that can endure

To follow with allegiance to a fall’n lord,

Does conquer him that did his master conquer,

And earns a place i’ the story. ----Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3.

 

Mark in this quotation line 3 which says: To follow with allegiance to a fallen lord.

Allegiance is another word for: loyalty, fidelity, and faithfulness.

Also recall the proverb: Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

 

(2). Master, go on, and I will  follow thee

To the last gasp with truth and loyalty. ----As You Like It, Act 2.

 

(3) Longer than I prove loyal to your grace

Let me not live.----Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 3.

 

            Endless loyalty demands  constant faithfulness to one’s friend, family, boss, political party, country, religion, all kinds of societies, associations, institutions, and organizations, he is concerned with.  

 

            Loyalists do not fall a prey to all sorts of  temptations, offers of material gains, promotions, gifts, personal  advantages, etc.  

  

            In the end, here are some famous quotations:

 

*It is better to be faithful than famous. ---Theodore Roosevelt.

*True Loyalty is proven, not proclaimed---Craig Groeschel.

*Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use. ---Paulo Coelho.

* Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. -----Helen Keller.

*To thine own self be true.---William Shakespeare

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G.R.Kanwal

24 April 2026

 

 

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