Honor Quotes

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wa...

I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment f...

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

The substance of every true and stable political organism is something resembling an Order, a Männer...

Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.

And what made these heart-to-hearts possible--you might even say what made the whole friendship poss...

What do you think dignity's all about?'The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by...

Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger amon...

The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked ...

A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, an...

With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who devia...

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is...

I'll occasionally go and do an honor like the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund because it raises ...

I, too, shall seek honor. But I shall seek it where I know it will be found.

And so shall honor Morgant," Gwydion said, "for what he used to be, and Ellidyr Prince of Pen-Llarca...

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.

Honor,' he said firmly. 'I have great honor. So will you. But you will find that that is not the sam...

You want to be good. All right, I can understand that. But you have to be careful who you let define...

everyone has their folding-point, Miles. Their mortal vulnerability. Some just keep it in a nonstand...

For your fourth consoling thought, I would point out that in this venue," a wave of his finger took ...

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death...

Barrayar is bred in my bones. I cannot shake it, no matter how far I travel. This struggle, God know...

This love of money is the curse of American, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty,...

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when ...

It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original ...

Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms...

Honor your daughters. They are honorable.

First and foremost, they had the curses of the country: and Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the new heir, in t...

There's a patter in these Commandments of setting things apart so that their holiness will be percei...

There's a pattern in these Commandments of setting things apart so that their holiness will be perce...

In the First Epistle of Peter we are told to honor everyone, and I have never been in a situation wh...

Honor, vengeance, that rigorous religion, those punctilicious codes of conduct - how to explain thei...

Oh! my friend, never seek to corrupt the person whom you love, it can go further than you think...

What is honour? In Athens it is one thing, in Sparta another; and among the Medes it is something el...

To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation,...

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's th...

Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless...

When they go low, we go high.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.

It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment...

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her ...

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's ...

Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah."Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It'...

When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.

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...