Honour Quotes

515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors

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 Â£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
It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the… — Terry Eagleton
I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others. — Jim Broadbent
The Sound of Music was just such an honour to be in, because it was a movie that appeals to so many people, and they… — Angela Cartwright
To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. — Lily Collins
Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we?… — Michelle Dockery
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a… — Leon Askin
Every year I look at the 'GQ' Best-Dressed List and have thought what an honour it must be to be included. I couldn't believe my… — Douglas Booth
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a… — Ben Jonson
If there was a university degree for greed, you cunts would all get first-class honours. — Paul Keating
It's always an honour doing anything for your country. — Gary Kemp

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