Honorable Quotes

377 quotes by 308 authors

An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting… — Vincent de Paul
Several devices he has to draw souls to sin, and several plots he has to keep souls from all holy and heavenly services, and several… — Thomas Brooks
Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is… — Malala Yousafzai
Honorable errors do not count as failures in science, but as seeds for progress in the quintessential activity of correction. — Stephen Jay Gould
Where the principle of difference [between political parties] is as substantial and as strongly pronounced as between the republicans and the monocrats of our country,… — Thomas Jefferson
I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe — Bel Kaufman
Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm… — Louis Farrakhan
Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self; appeal to whatever… — John Ortberg
Honor a good woman because she is virtuous and honorable. — Delano Johnson
I believe I am an honorable man. — Joseph J. Ellis
I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work. — Don Nickles
When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable. — Max Lerner
To be wealthy, a rich nature is the first requisite and money but the second. To be of a quick and healthy blood, to share… — Robert Louis Stevenson
An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis. — Bergen Evans
Honorable men donâ€™t settle for lives of regret. — Stephen Mansfield
The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest… — Mahatma Gandhi
Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter how indifferent in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. — Petrarch
There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones. — George Bernard Shaw
As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare. — C.S. Lewis

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