Honor Quotes · Page 22

If you do not rest on the good foundation of nature, you will labour with little honor and less profit.

— Leonardo da Vinci

To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.

— Socrates

What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?

— William Shakespeare

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

— Billy Preston

Honor, I thought. For real: the guardians should have taught it. Because I hadn't learned it.

— Richelle Mead

In Canada, Defending Girls from Islamic Honor Killings Is 'Racist'

— Pamela Geller

Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.

— J. G. Holland

“Honor is for the Lord. Who the Lord honors, and how He'll do it, is all up to Him.”

— Arnel Tan

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of…

— Garth Nix

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear,…

— Victor Davis Hanson

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew…

— Witold Gombrowicz

In my case, I was representing my family name, honor, legacy... I did not see it as a sport requiring winning or…

— Rickson Gracie

Steven Spielberg is going to release a biopic about Abraham Lincoln next year. Right, that's a good way to honor Lincoln –…

— Jimmy Fallon

“If you can honor yourself and be real about your discomfort and pain, then your happiness will be just as real.”

— Bryant McGill

The torch America carries is one of decency and hope. It is not America's torch alone. But it is America's duty -…

— Mitt Romney

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in…

— Thucydides

If men lived like men indeed, their houses would be temples -- temples which we should hardly dare to injure, and in…

— John Ruskin

An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one…

— Alice-Leone Moats

... I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my…

— John Kennedy Toole

Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no…

— Thomas Carlyle

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it…

— James L. Buckley

I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are…

— Diana Gabaldon

We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the…

— Jack Reed

All human life is sunk deep in untruth; the individual cannot pull it out of this well without growing profoundly annoyed with…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When everybody compares me to Mario Lemieux, it's an honor.

— Evgeni Malkin

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.

— F. W. de Klerk

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

— Shaun White

Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride.

— William Wordsworth

I'm a guy who shakes your hand and will never let you down. I have a code of honor and I don't…

— Jerry Weintraub

It still feels like an honor to bring something [on Sundance].

— Elijah Wood

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

— Cary Grant

It was an honor to have our album and names mentioned on the Billboard charts.

— Momo Hirai

One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.

— Charles de Lint

Titles of honor add not to his worth, who is himself an honor of his titles.

— John Ford

I really think just the honor of playing on five championship teams in seven years is the best thing.

— Bart Starr

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a musical icon, and being part of any show of his is an honor.

— Jordan Fisher

We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.

— Willie Aames

Whoever pursues righteousness, and love, finds life prosperity and honor!

— Andrew Guzaldo

If you can't honor your contract, that's the type of company I don't really want to be associated with.

— Quinton Jackson

We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

— Jose Serrano