Famous Quotes About Honour By Reference

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"For Harmony. A chance at life. To fight on other days."

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Honour, Survival
2

"So some will be left who remember. "

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Commitment, Determination, Honour, Mercy, Heroism
3

"Survival has its own etiquette."

Janet Morris, Critias, Chris Morris

Strategy, Honour, Survival
4

"Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die."

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Heroes and Heroism, Loyalty, Determination, Honour, Sacred Band Ethos
5

"What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve with us. Fighters are among us from many lands, with many gods and many beliefs. Believe as you will. What is between a man and his god is theirs alone to say."

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Ethics, Commitment, Honour, Glory, Justice, Heroism
6

"Your honor blinds you, Tempus, to what’s right and wrong these days."

Janet Morris

Truth, Courage, Commitment, Loyalty, Pride, Honour, Duty, Heroism
7

A fisherman may measure his catch by the size, but when is a man big enough to keep?

Honour
8

A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor.

Honour
9

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

Miguel de Cervantes

Honour
10

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.

Honour
11

Act well your part; there all honor lies.

Alexander Pope

Honour
12

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Andrew Carnegie

Honour
13

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Joseph Conrad

Honour
14

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

Norman Mailer

Honour
15

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson

Honour
16

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Joseph Addison

Honour
17

Death rather than disgrace.

Honour
18

Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.

Honour
19

For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.

Honour
20

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

Publilius Syrus

Honour
21

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Honour
22

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Honour
23

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

H. L. Mencken

Honour
24

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Cicero

Honour
25

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

Charles Caleb Colton

Honour
26

Honor lies in honest toil.

Grover Cleveland

Honour
27

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

Pierre Corneille

Honour
28

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

Julius Caesar

Honour
29

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Mark Twain

Honour
30

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Honour
31

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

Pliny the Elder

Honour
32

Let my honor be without stain.

Honour
33

Look to the souls of Your own soldiers, God, who labor in Thine awful cause.

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

God, Courage, War, Faith, Honour, Destiny, Divine Intervention
34

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of honor, make him pay cash.

Robert A. Heinlein

Truth, Money, Honour, Cash
35

No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.

Publilius Syrus

Honour
36

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Calvin Coolidge

Honour
37

One may survive distress, but not disgrace.

Honour
38

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Honour
39

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

Akhenaten

Honour
40

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

Cicero

Honour
41

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.

Janet Morris

Metaphysics, Love, Religion, Courage, Death, Ontology, Faith, Honour, Male bonding, Sacrifice, Religion, Brotherhood, Love between men, Sacred Band Ethos, Polytheism, Platonic Love, Afterlife, Homosexuality More
42

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

Abraham Lincoln

Honour
43

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Honour
44

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.

Woodrow Wilson

Honour
45

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.

Bernard de Mandeville

Honour
46

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

Francis Bacon

Honour
47

The post of honor is a private station.

Joseph Addison

Honour
48

There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

Woodrow Wilson

Honour
49

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

David Hare

Honour
50

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

Ben Jonson

Honour
51

Why should honor outlive honesty?

William Shakespeare

Honour
52

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

John Dryden

Honour
53

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

Honour
54

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

James Allen

Honour
55

“Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We are the Sacred Band of Thebes. We fight in the forefront, therefore we bleed first. We live, therefore we die.”

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Courage, Commitment, Loyalty, Faith, Honour, Military professionalism, Heroism More
56

“Equality must be maintained, if it is promised.”

Janet Morris, Chris Morris

Equality, Honour, Trust
57

“Niko, you’re halfway to where you need to go. It’s the most dangerous time. And all the gods and forces have a stake in you, Hero. Or do you want to be just a memory, a cult somewhere, with people sacrificing horses to your name?”

Janet Morris

Commitment, Loyalty, Honour, Duty, Heroism

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"For Harmony. A chance at life. To fight on other days."

"So some will be left who remember. "

"Survival has its own etiquette."

"Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die."

"What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve with us. Fighters are among us from many lands, with many gods and many beliefs. Believe as you will. What is between a man and his god is theirs alone to say."

"Your honor blinds you, Tempus, to what’s right and wrong these days."

A fisherman may measure his catch by the size, but when is a man big enough to keep?

A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor.

A person dishonored is worst than dead.

A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.

Act well your part; there all honor lies.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

Better not be at all than not be noble.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Death rather than disgrace.

Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.

For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

Honor lies in honest toil.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.

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

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

Let my honor be without stain.

Look to the souls of Your own soldiers, God, who labor in Thine awful cause.

Money is truthful. If a man speaks of honor, make him pay cash.

No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

One may survive distress, but not disgrace.

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

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice; and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

The post of honor is a private station.

There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.

Why should honor outlive honesty?

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

“Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly upon us. We are the Sacred Band of Thebes. We fight in the forefront, therefore we bleed first. We live, therefore we die.”

“Equality must be maintained, if it is promised.”

“Niko, you’re halfway to where you need to go. It’s the most dangerous time. And all the gods and forces have a stake in you, Hero. Or do you want to be just a memory, a cult somewhere, with people sacrificing horses to your name?”