Honor Quotes

She was like a queen who beholds the virgin soil of her kingdom invaded and wasted by a traitor.Any ...

In the violent scorn of her revolted pride, of her indignant honor, had she forgotten a lowlier yet ...

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;We are belabored by the gout,Our blindness is a dark profound,Our...

You should not honor men more than truth.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Nor when love is of this disinterested sort is there any disgrace in being deceived, but in every ot...

Never confuse honor with stupidity!

The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to hon...

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, an...

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris. It is always ancient virtue. We worship it toda...

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the ...

...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matt...

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of pri...

Love and honor. They are the two great things, and now they’re dimmed and blighted. Today, love is j...

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, an...

You deal with me very frankly, and I thank you for it,' said I. 'I will try on my side to be no less...

... I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

We have done with Hope and Honour, we are lost to Love and Truth,We are dropping down the ladder run...

One man in a thousand, Solomon says.Will stick more close than a brother.And it's worth while seekin...

Repression is a seamless garment; a society which is authoritarian in its social and sexual codes, w...

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor...

The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fi...

...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the sam...

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostilit...

The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.

You're a dangerous fool who should be sent west," he told the unconscious man. "You have forgotten t...

The essence of a culture of honor is that it does not sanction predatory or instrumental violence, b...

Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper ab...

No, like worldly contempt, worldly honor is a whirlpool, a play of confused forces, an illusory mome...

Як умру, то поховайте Мене на могилі, Серед степу широкого, На Вкраїні милій, Щоб лани широкополі, І...

A witch relied too much on words ever to go back on them.

And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence...

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.

Cheating was a concept both foreign and integral to the fighting of wars.

Honor,” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.

Well, listen a moment, Monsieur Mayor; I have often been severe in my life towards others. It was ju...

In the chaos of sentiments and passions which defend a barricade, there is something of everything; ...

as if it were a point of honor—which, indeed, a point of art often is.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth wh...

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

Thus we arrive at the problem of the relation of religion to the negation of sexual desire. Sexual d...

Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Inj...

Vanity Fair--Vanity Fair! Here was a man, who could not spell, and did not care to read--who had the...

The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources...

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in ...

...The happy Warrior... 'tis he whose law is reason; who depends upon that law as on the best of fri...

...The happy Warrior... 'tis, finally, the man, who, lifted high, conspicuous object in a nation's e...

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are ...

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live ...

What does a title mean to me? I do not need a title. My name, which I achieved with my own strength,...

Truthfulness, honor, is not something which springs ablaze of itself; it has to be created between p...

Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an impor...

I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did. Be...

Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground?

Am I then more of an American than those who drew their first breath on American Ground?

She is not my mistress,' replied the young sailor gravely, ‘she is my betrothed.’'Sometimes one and ...

Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the on...

I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.

Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and cel...

Peace is the music of every soul. Our glory lies in understanding, listening and honoring that music

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as s...

There is another life both for you and for me,’ said I. ‘If it be the will of God that we should sow...

After breakfast, determined to pass as little of the day as possible in company with Lady Lowborough...

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my...

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, a...

The statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us...

Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Sur...

The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

Do I raise the dead when I put him behind bars? Then what'll I do it for? We used to shoot a man who...

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Ma...

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a w...

Some honor Cummings as the granddaddy of all American innovators in poetry and ascribe to him a dive...

Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for...

Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?""I consider their...

Good men don't become legends," he said quietly."Good men don't need to become legends." She opened ...

...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to le...

Why have your followers all drawn their swords, may I ask?" said Aslan."May it please Your High Maje...

For every one pupil who needs to be guarded from a weak excess of sensibility there are three who ne...

There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who ...

Some disappointments honor those who inspire them

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street I...

[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived.

Woodcourt: “Miss Summerson,” said Mr. Woodcourt, “if without obtruding myself on your confidence I m...

There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking.

Honour to Agamemnon is a thing / That he can pick, pick up, put back, pick up again, / A somesuch yo...

Virtue is the fount whence honor springs.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.

The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”(Analects 2.12)

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.