Honor Quotes · Page 34

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“To be honorable, you have to make sacrifices for others.”

— Sunday Adelaja

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from a distance

— Victor Hugo

“Its admirable words can purchase honor; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others.”

— Lao Tzu

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The object of mathematics is the honor of the human spirit.”

— Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

It would be such an honor and a blessing to join the Packers!

— Devon Cajuste

You have to honor failure, because failure is just the negative space around success.

— Richard R. Nelson

I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama…

— Hillary Clinton

As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write…

— David Nail

I've been fortunate enough to travel to comic conventions in Portugal, France, Canada, and it's an honor to get to meet people…

— Brian K. Vaughan

He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A…

— Benjamin Franklin

I had every intention of retiring. While I've had the honor and the pleasure of being in a few WrestleManias, I never…

— Montel Vontavious Porter

Now all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies; Now thrive the armorers, and honor's…

— William Shakespeare

Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.

— William Shakespeare

Almost every one of the great religions of the world has made special provisions for them, and the woman who has preferred…

— Mary Livermore

It's been such a privilege and an honor to be writing this book [he Pleiadian Promise]. It's really changed my life, and…

— Christine McCormick Day

Though women may appear equal in some ways, and though we definitely have accomplished a lot, the fact is one in one…

— Julie Zeilinger

As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he…

— Leo Ryan

Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our…

— John Dickinson

If you won’t marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would…

— Lisa Kleypas

We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong…

— Charles Peguy

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I…

— Susana Martinez

A lot of young players do not know the game, they don't know those who came before them that allowed them to…

— John Smoltz

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“If we don’t honor our truth, how can we expect anyone else to do so?”

— Alexandra Katehakis

I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

— Stephen Covey

If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good.

— Michael Oher

It was an honor to coach him. He should be proud of what he did this year.

— David Blatt

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

— Osamu Dazai

Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.

— Franz Grillparzer

I consider it a great honor to be part of the dissemination of hearable art.

— Chris Thile

I have all over the country and all over the world. It is an honor for me to meet the fans, a…

— Henry Winkler

“Worldly honor is passé. It is part of a fading kingdom. Honor in Christ is the only true honor.”

— Edward T. Welch

Credo Mutwa, the most knowledgeable man i have ever had the honor of knowing.

— David Icke

It is such an honor to be one of the youngest composers to compose for an Amitabh Bachchan film.

— Amaal Mallik

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

— John Lennon

Are you calling me a weirdo? Highest honor I can bestow.

— Claudia Gray

I grew up watching PRod and Chris Cole. To be able to skate with them in competition is an honor.

— Nyjah Huston

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

— Euripides