Dependability Quotes

“That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.”
― Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

“For there is no friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedious way,
To fetch one if one goes astray,
To lift one if one totters down,
To strengthen whilst one stands”
― Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market and Other Poems

“As much as I enjoy romance, it’s commitment that I need the most. I need to know a love I can depend on, a love that says, “I will be with you through it all. I love you. And I will love you even when you may not be all that lovable, for sometimes I'm not very lovable either. You can count on me - always.”
― Steve Goodier

“Desire for a person is not the same thing as having that unique appreciation and need for them, nor is affection. Desire waxes and wanes, and affection can be felt without long-standing commitment. But 'You matter to me' means that the long haul is accepted, even willingly taken on: I will carry you, hold you and applaud you, from here on in. Dependability: I will be here to take care of you. And when you are gone, I will be here to remember you.”
― Nina Sankovitch, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

“Loyalty. Is it something only dogs know?
When I think of it, I wonder if I would rather have it than love. Whereas love is often an over-used word and an unpredictable feeling, the other is nothing but dependability.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“In the village he [My friend Moe] said once, "Me and her is buddies, see? If her gate falls down, I go and fix it. If I git in a tight for money she helps me if she's got it, and if she ain't got it, she gits it for me. We stick together. You got to stick to the bridge that carries you across.”
― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek

“Amazing things happen when the team or the individual commits to stretching their limits, rather than questioning the dependability and workability of that idea.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Home is not a place. Home is security, predictability, reliability, dependability, safety, permanence combined together.”
― Csaba Gabor

“Please try not to need me. That’s the worst bait of all to a lonely man.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“Though he was not as dastardly as Esmé or Count Olaf or the hook-handed man, Jerome was still an ersatz guardian, because a real guardian is supposed to provide a home, with a place to sleep and something to wear, and all Jerome had given them in the end was "Good luck." Jerome reached the end of the block and turned left, and the Baudelaires were once again alone in the world.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator

“There eventually comes a time in life when dependability is valued. This is the beginning of maturity.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“The flip side of her steady dependability was that she had no margin for error. If Claire forgot a birthday or was five minutes late, it was intolerable precisely because it happened so infrequently. People did not like even small deviations from their expectations.”
― Leigh McMullan Abramson, A Likely Story

“He's the best kind of friend. Let's just say I owe that man a coffee."

"Really? for what?"

"Being there," Tamara exhaled and closed her eyes, "Just being there when that's where I needed him to be. There are no better friends than that.”
― D. Nathan Hilliard, Ghosts, Monsters and Madmen

“Never sell your head to buy a hat”
― Alejandro Alex Jadad

“Paying acolytes. How could you trust someone you paid for a service? A prostitute gave you what you wanted. A therapist gave you what you wanted. What a mistake to believe in the sanctity of memory or dreams. A man might as well believe the romantic murmurings of a call girl.”
― Melanie Finn, The Gloaming

“Daily dependability is not always exciting or epic, but it is heroic. The chivalrous person goes where he has to go and does what he has to do... That is true chivalric heroism. And that's how we truly prove our love for those in our lives. Mundane dependability is what true love looks like.”
― J. Aaron Gruben, Chivalry: A Study for Little Knights

“Trust isn’t built in loud promises, but in quiet moments where someone shows up — again and again — without needing to be asked.”
― Ayoub Imilouane, Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh