150+ Best Sayings And Quotes About Loyalty In Relationship

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Reading relationship loyalty quotes could forge you and your partner’s life with trust and mutual understanding. Nothing could break you apart if you’re loyal since it is the foundation of any healthy relationship. Loyalty fosters a deep emotional bond that enhances mutual respect and understanding, allowing the relationship to thrive. But sometimes, the conundrum brought by a busy life could make you forget those little things that nourish love. During such times, send these quotes to your loved ones to reaffirm their trust in the bond because sometimes even a simple message can go a long way in conveying your love and attachment for them.

150+ Loyal Relationship Quotes

Loyalty in a relationship is not just limited to romantic relationships; it extends to friendships, family relations, and those among members of a close-knit community. It involves trust, unwavering support, respect, and reliability (1). The lack of loyalty and commitment often leads to the end of even the longest relationships. So, renew your vow for the people you hold dear and show them your admiration again by sending these loyal relationship quotes.

1. “Loyalty isn’t grey. It’s black and white. You’re either loyal completely, or not loyal at all.” — Sharnay
2. “Loyalty is the strongest glue which makes a relationship last for a lifetime.” — Mario Puzo
3. “Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that’s probably the biggest key to success.” — Taylor Lautner
4. “Loyalty is a 24-hour proposition, 24/7. It’s not a part-time job.” — Jonathan Moyo
5. “You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.” — Clarence Francis
6. “Loyalty is a continuous phenomenon, you don’t score points for past action.” — Natasha Pulley
7. “A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.” — Robert Benchley
8. “We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have… loyalty and friendship.” — Anthony Horowiz
9. “Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you’re getting more loyalty; and out of loyalty flow other great qualities.” — Charles Jones
10. “Anyone can give you attention and compliments… but someone who loves you will give you that plus respect, honesty, trust, and loyalty.” — Charles Orlando
11. “Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.” — Woodrow Wilson
12. “Loyalty means sticking with people you love through hard times. It doesn’t mean giving someone a license to treat you like nothing and you’ll stick around no matter what. Big difference.” — Doe Zantamata

13. Loyalty means I am with you whether you are wrong or right, but I will tell you when you are wrong, and together, we will make it right.
14. “The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.” — Zig Ziglar
15. “Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind.” — Waris Dirie
16. “Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour
17. “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
18. “You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.” — Sylvester Stallone
    

19. “When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.” — Haniel Long
20. “Life has taught me that you can’t control someone’s loyalty, No matter how good you are to them doesn’t mean that they will treat you the same, No matter how much they mean to you, doesn’t mean that they will value you the same. Sometimes the people you love the most, turn out to be the people you can trust the least” — Trent Shelton
21. “A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.” — Joyce Maynard
22. “Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
23. “Look out for those who look out for you. Loyalty is everything.” — Conor McGregor
24. “Love and loyalty runs deeper than blood.” — Richelle Mead
25. “You don’t earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day.” — Jeffrey Gitomer
26. “Accept loyalty gratefully, and accept betrayal with a smile.” — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
27. “Never be a slave of loyalty to unloyal people.” — Shannon Alder
28. “Never expect loyalty from a person that can’t give you honesty.” — Surgeo Bell
29. “Their loyalty end’s where the benefits stop.” — Surgeo Bell
30. “Loyalty is everything, but everything isn’t loyal.” — Terrance McAllister
31. “Loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being best.” — Stefan Persson
32. “There’s no substitute for loyalty.” — James Lee Burke
    

33. “Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.” — Richard Wright
34. “Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.” — Minna Antrim
35. “Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing, and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.” — Ann Landers
36. “You don’t love someone put of loyalty… nor out of sympathy, either.” — Jae Hee
37. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” — Ernest Hemingway
38. “The beauty of friendship is loyalty.” — Debasish Mrdiha
39. “Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
40. “Loyalty and Friendship, which is to be the same created all the wealth that i’ve ever thought I’d have.” — Ernie Banks
41. “A friend is someone who walks into a room when everyone else is walking out.” — Gary Moore
42. “The whole point of loyalty was not to change: Stick with those who stuck with you.” — Larry Mcmurtry
43. “Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue, perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one.” — Milan Kundera
44. “The strength of a family is in its loyalty to each other.” — Mario Puza
45. “When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.” — Phil Mcgr
46. “Loyalty to the family must be merged into loyalty to the community, loyalty to the community into loyalty to the nation, and loyalty to the nation into loyalty to mankind. The citizen of the future must be a citizen of the world.” — Thomas Cochrane
47. “If you want loyalty, get a dog. If you want loyalty and attention, get a smart dog.” — Grant Fairley
48. “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” — Josh Billi
49. “Try to be as loyal as a dog. In humans, you will never find such loyalty.” — Pratyush Athghara
50. “One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.” — Simone Elkeles
51. “Loyalty is the pledge of truth to oneself and others.” — Ada Boardley
52. “Loyalty will always be found in the things you regret because it mattered.” — Shannon Alder
53. “If people ever question your loyalty, you never had theirs.” — Justin McFarlane
54. “I’ll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.” — Samuel Goldwyn
55. “Wherever is love and loyalty, great purposes and lofty souls, even though in a hovel or a mine, there is fairyland.” — Carles Kingsley
56. “The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.” — Norman Thomas
57. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
    

58. “Without trust, there can be no loyalty – and without loyalty, there can be no true growth.” — Fred Reichheld
59. “Exceeding expectations is where satisfaction ends and loyalty begins.” — Ron Kaufman
60. “Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.” — Napoleon Hill
61. “Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
62. “You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you.” — Yogi Berra
63. “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
64. “The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good example; To your parents, gratitude and devotion; To your mate, love and faithfulness; To all men and women, charity.” — Oren Arnold
65. “Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.” — Confucius
66. “Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.” — Edward Abbey
67. “Faith is being loyal to you unseen reality within.” — Neville Goddard
68. “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” — Cornel West
69. “There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.” — Tony Dungy
    

70. “Too much liberty kills the loyalty.” — Ameya Agrawal
71. “It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.” — Fulton J. Sheen
72. “I convinced her that her first loyalty isn’t to other people, but to her own feelings.” — Mario Vargas-Llosa
73. “You will know it is love when the need can’t be met by yourself or God.” — Shannon L. Alder
74. “Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times. Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on.” — Elizabeth Funderbirk
75. “Some people will only love you as much as they can use you. Their loyalty ends where the benefits stop.” — Honeya
76. “I don’t feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don’t clarify, I don’t doubt, I don’t worry. I don’t tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else, by far. I tell her as much as I can.” — Gillian Flynns
77. “Loyalty is not just about being there for someone, it’s about being there for them even when they are not there for you.” – Jeremiah Say
78. “I belong to the people I love, and they belong to me – they, and the love and loyalty I give them, form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.” – Veronica Roth
79. “I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades.” – Sylvester Stallone
80. “It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.” – Emilie Autumn
81. “Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.” – Robert Jordan
82. “Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it’s a relationship, a business or a hobby.” — Neil Strauss
83. “If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession but participation.” – Madeleine L’Engle
84. “As I’m getting older, I’m really learning unconditional love and loyalty are extremely important.” – Bindi Irwin
85. “Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.” — Sinclair B. Ferguson
86. “To have a caring and committed heart toward someone — a heart so firm in its devotion as to sooner stop beating than neglect the object of its desire despite the person’s state of health, appearance, reputation, finances, troubles, or challenges — that, dear world, is love. It is a rare find.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
87. “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.” — Socrates
88. “Love is a decision, not just an emotion. It is selfless, and a commitment.” — Lydia McLaughlin
89. “[My mom told me] to always be loyal and treat someone how you want to be treated. Find someone that you can love and that’s going to be your best friend.” — Paris Hilton
90. “The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.” — Steve Hall
91. “There is one element that is worth its weight in gold and that is loyalty. It will cover a multitude of weaknesses.” – Philip Armour
92. “Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.” – Dean Koontz
93. “Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than loyalty.” – Cicero
94. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
95. “Don’t count your friends — count on them.” – Frank K. Sonnenberg
96. “A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” – Proverbs 27:9
97. “A friend in need is a friend indeed” – English Proverb
98. “Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.” – Summer Altice
99. “I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don’t ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.” – Lauren Conrad
100. “What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.” – Vanessa Marcil
101. “Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.” – Thomas Hudson Jones
102. “The only way one can guarantee one’s loyalty is love. Loyalty is beyond logic, really.” – Paul Bettany
103. “Our earliest ancestors probably learned that loyalty was a valuable survival tool. In the jungle, the desert, or the open plains, loyalty to your tribe increased your chances of surviving harsh weather and an unreliable supply of food and water.” – Dianne M. Durkin
104. “Loyalty is the first law of God.” – Paramhansa Yogananda
105. “Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.” – Andy Stanley
106. “Base yourself on loyalty and trust.” – Confucius
107. “Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.” – Cheryl Cole
108. “An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.” – Edwin Louis Cole
109. “Loyalty is what makes us trust, Trust is what makes us stay, Staying is what makes us love, and love is what gives us hope.” – Glenn van Dekken
110. “Loyalty is good for the loyal man but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails.” – Josiah Royce
111. “Loyalty is the highest virtue taught by abusers, and used as a control tool.” – Dr. Bill Tollefson
112. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.” — Jane Austen
113. “We are sure to get opportunities as we show ourselves capable of being trusted.” — Roy L. Smith
114. “There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.” — Jennifer Aniston
115. “Reliability is a most wonderful virtue. We should cultivate it. We should be consistent about the things we do, so that others will know they can count on us. But more important, we want to be able to count on ourselves. The greatest pain is to have to disappoint one’s self.” — Sterling W. Sill
116. “I don’t like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.” — Carrol Bryant
117. “Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality.” — Abraham Lincoln
118. “Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments–because they’re willing to brave the shadows with you–and in your greatest moments–because they’re not afraid to let you shine.” — Nicole Yatsonsky
119. “Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down.” — Grace Murray Hopper
120. “I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally, I have found it impossible to do so.” — Richard E. Grant
121. “When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape.” — Andy Andrews
122. “Don’t make any promises that you can’t keep.” — Ann Marie Aguilar
123. “If you assume that the new – and simply because it’s new – is always to be better than the old, chances are you’ve never known anything valuable.” — Criss Jami
124. “If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.” — Selena Gomez
125. “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” — Vince Lombardi
126. “Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.” — Samuel Butler
127. “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.” — Anthony Robbins
128. “Loyalty is my motto. When I give my word, you can trust me.” — Philippa Gregory
129. “A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.” — Harold Laski
130. “True friendship never questions what it costs you.” — Stephen Richards
131. “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” —Tony Robbins
132. “True loyalty is proven not proclaimed.” — Craig Groeschel
133. “My whole thing is loyalty. Loyalty over royalty; word is bond.” — Fetty Wap
134. “So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.” — Haniel Long
135. “Sometimes we’re loyal to more than one thing. When there’s a conflict, we have to choose which loyalty to honor.” — Claudia Gray
136. “The only people that can ruin a relationship or make that relationship work are the two people in it.” ― Rob Liano
137. “A solid commitment splices two lives together and holds through the storms.” ― Margot Datz
138. “There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either in or out. There’s no such thing as a life in between.” ― Pat Riley
139. “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.” ― Peter F. Drucker
140. “Love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning.” — Esther Perel
141. “To fall in love and to commit yourself to love means you should make your loved one the one thing you cherish the most.” ― Kou Yoneda
142. “Love is not really a mystery. It is a process like anything else. A process that requires trust, effort, focus and commitment by two willing partners” ― Elizabeth Bourgeret
143. “Every one of us, as human beings, even in a committed relationship, has moments and thoughts and actions that, whether or not they share them with their loved one, tell you, as much as anything, about them as people and their relationship.” — Jeff Pinkner
144. “There’s always a way — if you’re committed.” —Tony Robbins
145. “You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.” — Sammy Davis
146. “It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.” — Ralph Ellison
147. “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.” ― William Hutchison Murray
148. “To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments.” ― Brian Koslow
149. “Honor your commitments with integrity.” ― Les Brown
150. “There’s a higher form of happiness in commitment. I’m counting on it.” — Claire Forlani
151. “I think when men hear that women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that’s not it. It’s a commitment to not floating around anywhere. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.” ― Mindy Kaling
152. “When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.” ― Warren Farrell
153. “A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help.” — Lionel Shriver
154. “When will women begin to have the first glimmer that above all other loyalties is the loyalty to Truth, i.e., to yourself, that husband, children, friends and country are as nothing to that.” — Alice James

Tips To Strengthen Your Relationship Using Loyalty Quotes

Reading and sharing quotes about loyalty in relationships is not enough. You must also implement the wisdom these quotes entail in your life to improve and strengthen your relationships. Here are some things these quotes can teach you:

1. Honest and open communication: Consider Taylor Lautner’s words, “Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that’s probably the biggest key to success.” Honesty fosters trust and helps resolve conflicts. On the other hand, open communication creates a safe space for sharing feelings and strengthens bonds. 
2. Reliability and consistency: Take Napoleon Hill’s quote for example, “Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.” Reliability and consistency in your actions are key to building trust in relationships. By being dependable in both your words and actions, you show your commitment and strengthen the confidence your family and friends have in you.
3. Commitment: Mario Puzo says, “The strength of a family is in its loyalty to each other.” Commitment fosters consistency in actions, making individuals feel valued and supported. It encourages open communication and helps overcome challenges by promoting patience, understanding, and a willingness to work through conflicts together. 
4. Unwavering support: Consider Cornel West’s words, “We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” So, be there for your loved ones as a steady source of support during tough times. Show patience and perseverance in your love for them, no matter what challenges arise. Supporting your friends and family is the best way to demonstrate your love and commitment.
5. Temptation resistance: Charles Jones says, “Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you’re getting more loyalty; and out of loyalty flow other great qualities.” Stay true to your relationships by resisting all distractions that compromise your trust. Being transparent about your interactions with others and setting boundaries with those who challenge your commitment can safeguard and reinforce the loyalty you share with your loved ones.

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