L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Lowering his voice, he said, "In America we have a custom. When you're given presents for your birthday, you're supposed to open them and say thank you."
Tatiana nervously looked down at the present. "Thank you." Gifts were not something she was used to. Wrapped gifts? Unheard of, even when they came wrapped only in plain brown paper.
"No. Open first. Then say thank you."
She smiled. "What do I do? Do I take the paper off?"
"Yes. You tear it off."
"And then what?"
"And then you throw it away."
"The whole present or just the paper?"
Slowly he said, "Just the paper."
"But you wrapped it so nicely. Why would I throw it away?"
"It's just paper."
"If it's just paper, why did you wrap it?"
"Will you please just open my present?" said Alexander”
Source: The Bronze Horseman
“Lowering my chin, I sighed. What my Seth wanted, I wanted, but... daimons? I rubbed my hands on my bent knees and sighed again - louder, like a petulant child.
Aiden's back twisted as he turned his head. "What, Alex?"
"Nothing," I mumbled.
"There's something." He leaned back, tipping his head against the bar. "You have that tone."
I frowned at the wall. "What tone?"
"The 'I have something I want to say but I shouldn't' tone" A little bit of humor seeped into his voice. "I'm well familiar with it."
Well... damn.”
Source: Apollyon
“Lowering prices is easy. Being able to afford to lower prices is hard.”
“Lowering the Lord’s standards to the level of a society’s inappropriate behavior is apostasy.”
“Lowering your standards is the key to happiness.”
“lowering your standards to connect with others is unhealed trauma response.”
Source: Dining with the Enemy
“Lowest form of animal is the human with a gun.”
Source: Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim
“Lowkey punchdrunk off this Sangria-sweet love and all it’s prodigious trappings…”
Source: Unknown Book 9429921
“Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.”
Source: Beauties of Festus
“Lowly, unpurposeful and random as they may appear, sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow.”
“Lowly, with a broken neck, The crocus lays her cheek to mire.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Meredith
“Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.”
Source: Glorious Thoughts of Nehru: Being a Treasury of Twelve Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thoughts of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects
“Loyal and substansial Catholic service on the battlefield undermined one of the most longstanding objections to emancipation: namely, that since Catholics owed religious allegiance to a foreign authority in the person of the Pope, their political and patriotic allegiance must necessarily be suspect.”
“Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair.”
Source: The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd
“Loyal customers, or customers who recommend their friends, give me the most pride. I think that is the biggest compliment I can get. I think in the restaurant business, it takes patience from the customer to spark up a relationship with the restaurateur, but it takes also work from the restaurateur to spark up a relationship with his customer.”
“Loyal customers, they don't just come back, they don't simply recommend you, they insist that their friends do business with you.”
Source: Customer Loyalty Guaranteed: Create, Lead, and Sustain Remarkable Customer Service
“Loyal employees are the essential backbone of a vision driven business.”
“Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.”
“Loyal friends have your back. And the ones that don’t, can watch you from behind.”
Source: Guided Transformation: Poems, Quotes & Inspiration
“Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.”
Source: Lucy Gayheart
“Loyalism, or Unionism, or Protestantism, or whatever you want to call it, in Northern Ireland - it operates not as a class system, but a caste system.”
“Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.”
Source: The Art of Peace
“Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.”
“Loyalty and honesty are the most important yet often ignored qualities in business. Long term success depends on these qualities.”
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.”
Source: The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)
“Loyalty by trust is a thin thread easily broken”
“Loyalty cannot be born where honesty is absent; it grows where honesty takes root.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Loyalty cannot be bought, and integrity should not be sacrificed at the hand of tyranny.”
“Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival of the fittest and most selfish.”
“Loyalty comes before price or prize. If not, the ties that bind become constricting garrottes as creeping spinal flesh awaits a dagger's thrust.”
“Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so.”
“Loyalty destroys the life in existence.”
“Loyalty development is tied to motivation, if you know what motivates an employee, you will be able to turn that into loyalty development.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“Loyalty doesn't mean supporting the one you love even in their wrong actions.”
“Loyalty doesn't seem to be in the game that much these days where players leave their clubs which made them the stars they are today either to seek personal glory or fill their pockets. But one man serves as the epitome of club loyalty.”
“Loyalty expanded is not loyalty betrayed!”
“Loyalty feeds my passion for revenge.”
“Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.”
“Loyalty in a male army fastens onto the army itself rather than onto the civilization which fosters the army.”
Source: God Emperor of Dune
“Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.”
“Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.”
“Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.”
“Loyalty is a good for the loyal man; but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails.”
Source: The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Logic, loyalty, and community
“Loyalty is a rare blessing; when it finds you, hold it with reverence.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Loyalty is a treasure that no gigantic brimstone can abolish.”
“Loyalty is a word which has worked vast harm; for it has been made to trick men into being "loyal" to a thousand iniquities, whereas the true loyalty should have been to themselves - in which case there would have ensured a rebellion, and the throwing off of that deceptive yoke.”
“Loyalty is all that matters to me. If you're an honest person, I'll be your friend for life. I don't waste time with people who are fake or people who are trying to use you to get something. I don't care about people who are afraid to say what they think.”
Source: The Crazy Game
“Loyalty is an asset, independent and scarce, parceled out among different contestants for power. No ruling government or nonruling group enjoys absolute loyalty - no contestant can have the whole pie.”
Source: The Frontier of Loyalty: Political Exiles in the Age of the Nation-State
“Loyalty is an integral part of his appeal. He is devoted to being loving and loyal to his family. His love and devotion for them are unwavering. His actions consistently align with his commitment to their wellbeing.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“Loyalty is as rare as Rhnull, also known as golden blood".”