loyalty
noun
1. the quality of being loyal [ant: disloyalty]
2. feelings of allegiance
3. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loyalty "Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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.
My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. This is also example of loyalty"
"Loyalty to me is unwavering faithfulness in spirit and body to whatever it is you're being loyal to: a person, a country, a belief.
It is the honor you show that thing/person when they aren't around....when it isn't in your best interest to be loyal to them yet you still are. It is feeling shameful when you even think something unfaithful.
It's giving them the benefit of the doubt."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060919190313AAOtbvi "It is very easy to be loyal when things are going smoothly, but what counts is to remain loyal when things are not going smoothly. In Transcendental Meditation, one is on the path of liberation and it is easy to remain loyal to the practice when one is enjoying bliss, but let that bliss cease and one's loyalty is tested very quickly. Too often the loyalty vanishes and the practice is dropped. The real test is to remain loyal even when there seems to be no progress whatsoever."
http://www.maharishiphotos.com/lecture49.html Loyalty
Noun
pl -ties
1. the quality of being loyal
2. a feeling of friendship or duty towards someone or something
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loyalty Definition of loyalty (noun)
faithfulness; devotion; constancy
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