Honour Quotes

515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors

In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best we can hope… — Will Self
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. — William Shakespeare
Don't confuse honours with achievement. — Zadie Smith
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all… — Richard Steele
Success is about honour, feeling morally calibrated, absence of shame, not what some newspaper defines from an external metric. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats. — Murray Walker
We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance. — Wilhelm Wundt
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss… — William Butler Yeats
As a child, I had no idea that I would end up in the film industry. My ambitions changed from wanting to join the army… — Arjun Rampal
Yet not for a single moment did I have any doubts about my own integrity and honour as a woman. I knew that my profession… — Nawal El Saadawi
And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even… — Winston Churchill
And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat… — Elizabeth I
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest… — C.S. Lewis
And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love,… — Julian Barnes
I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour. — Thomas Jefferson
(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant… — Ernest Shackleton
no form of love is wrong, so long as it is love, and you yourself honour what you are doing. Love has an extraordinary variety… — D. H. Lawrence
But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that darkness?' asked Drinian. Use?' replied Reepicheep. 'Use, Captain?' If you mean by filling our… — C.S. Lewis
She is a woman of honour and smartness whose wild leaves out luck, always taking risks, and there is something in her brow now, that… — Michael Ondaatje

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