Honors Quotes

220 Honors quotes by 188 unique authors

Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a… — Pete Hegseth
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise. — Luc de Clapiers
Honor is better than honors. — Abraham Lincoln
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever. — Plutarch
I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing. Now, that's… — John F. Kerry
Are you debating whether you should take a step of faith in Jesus, or whether you should wait until you can clearly see how to… — Oswald Chambers
Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes and I see many of them in the audience here today. — Barack Obama
I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could… — Michael Parenti
It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years. — Truman Capote
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors. — Juvenal
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. — Emilia Clarke
This country was built on the backs of dudes who drank on buses. What we do honors them. — Sam Lipsyte
The Hours is in fact a lovely triumph. Cunningham honors both Mrs. Dalloway and its creator with unerring sensitivity, thanks to his modesty of intention… — Gail Caldwell
Nature is not the number-one mystery, I’ve learned. It’s the heart that takes top honors. — Beth Kephart
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men… — Claude Adrien Helvetius
The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will… — Edward Abbey
Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons… — B.F. Skinner
From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation… — John A. Lejeune
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public employment according to… — Olympe de Gouges
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. — Plato
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal. — Periander
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
Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do. But "enterprise" (… — Tom Peters

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