Honors Quotes

220 Honors quotes by 188 unique authors

Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors… — Thomas Jefferson
Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and… — Wendell Berry
Here's an encouraging word for someone tonight - don't think you're not doing what God called you to do just because things don't seem as… — Lysa TerKeurst
Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience. — Beth Moore
It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have… — Ben Jonson
Perfection... is clearly not achieved simply by being naked, by the lack of wealth or by the rejection of honors, unless there is also that… — John Cassian
Let us cleave... to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For the Scripture says in… — Pope Clement I
Our sages developed music from time immemorial to take shelter in one's true self. Real music is not for wealth, not for honors, or not… — Ali Akbar Khan
Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give… — Socrates
The earth community, the Life Community, is not the property of any one religion or group or part of the world; it is the Commons… — David Spangler
Too often we take blessings for granted, like the sun, the air, health, and opportunity. Or we accept favors, honors, and privileges day after day… — Spencer W. Kimball
Nothing honors God more than a Big Dream that is way beyond our ability to accomplish! — Mark Batterson
To paraphrase Paul, God often uses the cheesy to confound the sophisticated. He regularly honors those who are confused about his leading as if they… — Mark Galli
I don't like honors. I'm appreciated for the work that I did, and for people who appreciate it, and I notice that other physicists use… — Richard P. Feynman
First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God's high regard for the dignity… — Max Lucado
[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that… — John Dewey
[A] truly humble spirit humbles itself as much amid honors as amid insults, acting like the honeybee which makes its honey equally as well from… — Vincent de Paul
Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth. — Benjamin Disraeli
Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The blessings of stupas are such that they benefit all beings, regardless of their connection and motivation. If one participates in a stupa's construction and… — Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors. — Marcel Proust
There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no… — Taylor Caldwell
High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief. — Euripides
Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another. — Euripides

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