Quotes about Fidelity

Fidelity is the sister of justice. Votes: 6

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement. Votes: 6

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. Votes: 6

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation. Votes: 6

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. Votes: 5

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success. Votes: 4

Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. Votes: 4

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. Votes: 4

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands. Votes: 4

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. Votes: 4

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind. Votes: 4

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Votes: 4

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered. Votes: 4

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. Votes: 4

Flops are always disappointing, but 'High Fidelity' was devastating. Not that I thought it was going to make me a big star, but I did think it was going to run longer than a week and a half. Votes: 4

Fidelity is for phonographs Votes: 3

Fidelity is the sister of justice Votes: 3

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. Votes: 3

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement Votes: 3

Fidelity--a strong itch with a prohibition to scratch. Votes: 3

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money Votes: 3

Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal. Votes: 3

Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages. Votes: 3

Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always Votes: 3

Fidelity to one's marriage vows is absolutely essential for love, trust and peace Votes: 3

Fidelity is simply daring to be true in small things as well as great. Votes: 3

Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions. Votes: 3

Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely. Votes: 3

Fidelity to the law of your own being is an act of high courage flung in the face of life. Votes: 3

Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity. Votes: 3

Fidelity surveyed a group with at least $1 million investment assets excluding real estate and retirement. 42% of them did not FEEL wealthy. Votes: 3

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin was good. Votes: 3

Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin' was good. Votes: 3

Fidelity is a matter of perception; nobody is unfaithful to the sea or to mountains or to death: once recognized they fill the heart. Votes: 3

I don't see the point in marriage: if you make a commitment, you make a commitment. Fidelity is important to me; it's about honouring that commitment. Votes: 3

I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are the principle duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or to marry them selves, have no business with the partners or wives of the neighbors. Votes: 3

Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or suspecting that they did. The Alternative Hero is a weirdly compelling portrait of fanatic fandom which reads like High Fidelity at high volume. Votes: 3

I believe in marriage and fidelity. Votes: 2

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. Votes: 2

My judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law. Votes: 2

Why are we so obsessed with monogamous fidelity? Votes: 2

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Votes: 2

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity. Votes: 2

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. Votes: 2

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Votes: 2

The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity. Votes: 2

The moral code of Heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage. Votes: 2

What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. Votes: 2

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. Votes: 2

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads. Votes: 2

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. Votes: 2

I think fidelity is absolutely important, especially in the acting industry, which is littered with broken relationships because people are away filming for months. Votes: 2

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor. Votes: 2

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. Votes: 2

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is. Votes: 2

People who love only once in their lives are shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom, or their lack of imagination Votes: 2

If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage. Votes: 2

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith. Votes: 2

Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion. Votes: 2

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.' Votes: 2

What a fuss people make about fidelity!" exclaimed Lord Henry. "Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say. Votes: 2

The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then never, ever think about them again, except maybe once a quarter or so when you take a peek at your statements to make sure that you have not accidentally been buying the Fidelity Peace-in-the-Middle-East fund. Votes: 2

It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman Votes: 1

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart Votes: 1

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and you gentlemen, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house Votes: 1

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained Votes: 1

Depth has one address: fidelity in love.... Votes: 0

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. Votes: 0

Happiness is attained through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Votes: 0

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift. Votes: 0

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name. Votes: 0

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Votes: 0

In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth. Votes: 0

Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner. Votes: 0

Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion. Votes: 0

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! Votes: 0

The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. Votes: 0

The only true test of loyalty is fidelity in the face of ruin and despair. Votes: 0

The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity. Votes: 0

Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light. Votes: 0

Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time. Votes: 0

As far as fidelity is concerned, there is no animal in the world as treacherous as man. Votes: 0

Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art. Votes: 0

The success of any legal system is measured by its fidelity to the universal ideal of justice. Votes: 0

When love becomes labored we welcome an act of infidelity towards ourselves to free us from fidelity. Votes: 0

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises. Votes: 0

What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. Votes: 0

I have no talent for making new friends, but oh such genius for fidelity to old ones. Votes: 0

It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity. Votes: 0

'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. Votes: 0

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities. Votes: 0

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian. Votes: 0

That one true heart was left behind! What feeling do we ever find, to equal among human kind , a dog's fidelity! Votes: 0

Christianity loses its scriptural fidelity and internal power when it no longer affirms both sola fide and the necessity of obedience. Votes: 0

Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poorso the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us. Votes: 0

I, too, believe in fidelity. But how can I be true to one woman without being false to all the others? Votes: 0

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right. Votes: 0

Artistic imagination must remain free. It is by definition free from any fidelity to circumstances, especially to the intoxicating circumstances of history. Votes: 0

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping. Votes: 0

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. Votes: 0

Create tools that enable people to make decisions at the same level, ideally, of fidelity that that you would make them yourself. Votes: 0

Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church. Votes: 0

In love, fidelity signifies this extended victory: the randomness of an encounter defeated day after day through the invention of what will endure. Votes: 0

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity. Votes: 0

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel. Votes: 0

Nothing seemed to me more appropriate than to project an image of our time with absolute fidelity to nature by means of photography. Votes: 0

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity. Votes: 0

Men don't deceive their wives unless they love them. When they love them most, they deceive them. It's a form of fidelity, their deceit. Votes: 0

Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces. Votes: 0

The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house. Votes: 0

Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity. Votes: 0

Cranes carry this heavy mystical baggage. They're icons of fidelity and happiness. The Vietnamese believe cranes cart our souls up to heaven on our wings. Votes: 0

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded. Votes: 0

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love. Votes: 0

If we want it, we can enjoy the joy of our fidelity to the highest and best that is within us." --sat. afternoon 4/3/10 lds general conference Votes: 0

Only someone obsessed with sexual fidelity to an unhealthy degree places a higher value on preserving the ideal of monogamous marriage over preserving an actual marriage. Votes: 0

In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. Votes: 0

There's never been a civilization, ever in history, that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity and traditional marriage, traditional child rearing, and has survived. Votes: 0

I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man. Votes: 0

The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner. A constant fidelity in small things is a great and heroic virtue. Votes: 0

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is." Votes: 0

Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. Votes: 0

I would like to be able to breathe— to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely. Votes: 0

The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before marriage and full fidelity after marriage. Votes: 0

Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond. Votes: 0

Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of.... Besides, I am lying; I scatter myself too much for that. Votes: 0

He who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declares as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of his fidelity. Votes: 0

There are so many games where you fight aliens or zombies, and they have very high-fidelity graphics, but they don't ask the question of why the events are happening. Votes: 0

For women like me, integrity isn't chastity, it isn't fidelity, it isn't any of the old words. Integrity is the orgasm. That is something I haven't any control over. Votes: 0

Tremendous indeed is the occult influence of sex-love upon the evolution of organic life. Love and glory, fidelity, emulation, resolution, beauty, strength, and courage are directly inspired by sex-passions. Votes: 0

How does St. Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity, even when he finds it hard to understand. Votes: 0

The lover heals the world not by a vague and abstract love for everybody and everything, but by becoming passionate and vowing fidelity to concrete relationships, persons, institutions, and places. Votes: 0

His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be. Votes: 0

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty. Votes: 0

The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary. Votes: 0

I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that. Votes: 0

All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship. Votes: 0

It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God... Votes: 0

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love. Votes: 0

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love o fidelity. It is the foundations that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values. (p. 13) Votes: 0

The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to its final consequences whatever the objective mind impresses upon it. Votes: 0

For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort. Votes: 0

Our society is so much about fidelity being this thing that's sacred, and people are miserable. They're suicidal. It brings more depression than anything else on earth, probably. Sorry to say that, guys. Votes: 0

We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art. Votes: 0

For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. Votes: 0

We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost. Votes: 0

Sam Hamill is a writer unabashedly taking his place within the community of literature and the community of all sentient beings-his fidelity is to the magnificent truth of existence, and to its commensurate singing. Votes: 0

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. Votes: 0

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained. Votes: 0

The goods of fidelity, for example, are plain and concrete to the man who has not strayed, but they are faint, like mathematical abstractions, to the one who is addicted to other men's wives. Votes: 0

That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other. Votes: 0

The reason so many people do not pray is because of its cost. The cost is not so much in the sweat of agonizing supplication as in the daily fidelity to the life of prayer. Votes: 0

It is not uncommon to meet pastors' wives who really let themselves go; they sometimes feel that because their husband is a pastor, he is therefore trapped into fidelity, which gives them cause for laziness, Votes: 0

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory. Votes: 0

The joker in the deck of lesbian fidelity is female vanity: no woman of fifty is going to undress in front of a woman of twenty no matter how much she might lust for her. Votes: 0