Honorable Quotes

377 quotes by 313 authors

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… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor. — Christopher Hart
Honorable battle sustains a Sacred Band. — Janet Morris
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
Fight them with your faith in God, fight them in defense of every free honorable woman and every innocent child, and in defense of the… — Saddam Hussein
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic… — Seneca the Younger
Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable? — Charles Sumner
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs. — Thomas Jefferson
Henceforth no Jew, no matter under what name, will be allowed to remain here without my written permission. I know of no other troublesome pest… — Maria Theresa
I am a hunter. Not merely 'a person who hunts', but someone to whom this ancient, natural and honorable activity is an essential and deeply… — David Petersen
If you are not honorable enough to fight without prejudice, go home. — Lady Gaga
In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side — Gina Gershon
Fault is a beautiful, honorable love story that I hope I'll get to experience in my own lifetime. It makes you grateful for any love… — Ansel Elgort
The greatest mission of woman is to give life, earth-life, through honorable marriage, to the waiting spirits, our Father's spirit children who anxiously desire to… — Melvin J. Ballard
A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage. — Edward Abbey
Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of… — Kurt Vonnegut
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised… — Ronald Reagan
You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you… — George Eliot
I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the… — Nathan Hale

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