Honorable Quotes

377 quotes by 308 authors

No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil. — Zeno of Citium
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at… — Winfield Scott
Cartooning is an honorable thing — Bill Sienkiewicz
So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration — Bill Sienkiewicz
Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not. — Tamora Pierce
... for centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power. — Dale Spender
Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement. — Edmund Burke
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire… — Plato
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in… — Socrates
From this point of view, to avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible.… — Donald O. Clifton
In 1939 Winston Churchill, describing the 5000-mile peaceful border dividing Canada and the United States, said, 'That long frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific… — Ronald Reagan
Humility makes great men twice honorable — Benjamin Franklin
Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have… — Hunter S. Thompson
My own duty as a teacher...is not so much to interpret Beethoven, Wagner, or other masters of the past, but to give what encouragement I… — Antonin Dvorak
Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office. — Ambrose Bierce
I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home. — Archibald Cox
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. — Jimmy Breslin
General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out! — James Longstreet
Compromise is an honorable word. — John Dingell

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