Honored Quotes
393 Honored quotes by 339 unique authors
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I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honored to fly into space on behalf of hundreds of millions of female Chinese…
— Liu Yang
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Genius has oftenest been the pariah of his time, the unhoused god whom none cared for, unnamed till they whom he first promoted, enriched and…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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How can he [today's writer] be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of…
— Ronald Reagan
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'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.
— Ron Fournier
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The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.
— Dick Gephardt
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The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
— Confucius
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
— Calvin Coolidge
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I felt it was really, really important, not just in the vein of feminist erasure or whatever but also just as an artist that I…
— Kathleen Hanna
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Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all…
— Herbert Hoover
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I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise…
— Jessie J
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Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
— Pope John XXIII
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Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
— James Joyce
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A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes.…
— Kesha
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It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that…
— Abraham Lincoln
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I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign.
— Eva Longoria
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A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world…
— George Muller
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
— Yoko Ono
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Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.
— Robert Orben
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I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live shows…
— Bonnie Raitt
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
— Manfred von Richthofen
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I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do…
— Sally Ride
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I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball.…
— Nolan Ryan
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Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the…
— Paul Ryan
Who Wrote These Honored Quotes
339 authors contributed a total of 393 Honored Quotes, led by these top contributors: