Honour Quotes

515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create… — Frank Bruno
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel… — Laozi
The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it. Theres another Chinese… — Winston Churchill
The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he… — Aristotle
All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the original… — Isaac D'Israeli
It will be difficult to return to racing this weekend after Marco's terrible accident in Sepang but I think it is the best thing we… — Casey Stoner
Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. — William Shakespeare
Honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast. — William Shakespeare
Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by… — William Shakespeare
A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. — William Penn
But we are so fond of life that we have no leisure to entertain the terror of death. It is a honeymoon with us all… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Gold will buy the highest honours; and gold will purchase love. — Unknown Author
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world. — Baruch Spinoza
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. — Ben Jonson
It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. — Kevin Rudd
I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all… — Kevin Rudd
Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian… — Samantha Stosur
Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is… — Samuel Johnson
I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain… — Tim Yeo
The darkest clouds are the best ennobling of the sun, because the sun is most wanted under the darkest clouds! The evil is condemned to… — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Honour, How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee! — John Ford
Tyndall, ... I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal… — Michael Faraday
The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a superior ability which she would have found… — Ayn Rand
I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour. — Georg Brandes
The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have… — Emily Carr

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