Quotes
Quotes about Honor
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
As to honorâyou knowâit's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it weren't for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didn't fight with honor... I fought to win.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if me my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive.
And you, enchantment, Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too, That makes himself, but for our honor therein, Unworthy thee-if ever henceforth thou These rural latches to his entrance open, Or hoop his body more with thy embraces, I will devise a death as cruel for thee As thou art tender to't.
My situation is a solemn one. Life is offered to me on condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will contains directions for my funeral, which will be followed not by mourning coaches, but by oxen, sheep, flocks of poultry, and a small traveling aquarium of live fish, all wearing white scarf's in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures.
Despair is a great incentive to honorable death. [Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.
And wilt thou still be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet?
If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.
Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner turn-- Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home, And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -Aristotle.
Envy is honors foe.
Honor is the moral conscience of the great.
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
The fear o' hell's the hangman's whip To laud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border.
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. in his farewell address.
