Honor Quotes

2471 Honor quotes by 1608 unique authors

When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first. — Sathya Sai Baba
Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners. — Ephrem the Syrian
Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable. — Francis Beaumont
No nation keeps its word. A nation is a big, blind worm, following what? Fate perhaps. A nation has no honor, it has no word… — Carl Jung
Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent. — Pio of Pietrelcina
Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances… — Laozi
Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its… — Nathanael Emmons
Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of… — Saint Francis de Sales
Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue, then make the building as rich as glorious as thou canst; if the foundation be beauty or… — Francis Quarles
I say to hell with the work you have to do to earn a living! That kind of work does us no honor; all it… — Luis Bunuel
I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I invite… — Bernie Glassman
It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would… — Alex Ferguson
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position… — Confucius
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as… — Confucius
God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does… — J. G. Holland
True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence. — Myles Munroe
The Sentimentalist, roughly speaking, is the man who wants to eat his cake and have it. He has no sense of honor about ideas; he… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that… — Andy Andrews
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor. — Irwin Shaw
The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on… — Enver Hoxha
It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill. — Julien Benda
It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. — Nathaniel Branden
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who… — Rene Cassin
Without courage, honor, compassion, pity, love and sacrifice, as William Faulkner pointed out, we know not of love, but lust. We debase our audience. But… — Earl Hamner, Jr.
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight… — George Bird Evans

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