Honour Quotes

515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors

In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty. — William Shakespeare
Dear me! We Tooks and Brandybucks, we can't live long on the heights.' 'No,' said Merry. 'I can't. Not yet, at any rate. But at… — J.R.R. Tolkien
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour,… — William Shakespeare
Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? — Jane Austen
You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour. — Miyamoto Musashi
If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social… — Dorothy L. Sayers
True virtue never appears so lovely as when it is most oppressed; and the divine excellency of real Christianity is never exhibited with such advantage… — Jonathan Edwards
If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved — Friedrich Nietzsche
And if I get a little chemically imbalanced in the head, like we all know I tend to get sometimes, and I don't want my… — Melina Marchetta
Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies… — Charles Spurgeon
I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would… — Jane Austen
A cold realisation washed over me. From now on, my master would not always be there to protect and counsel me. 'This is big. Too… — Alison Goodman
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned. — David Gemmell
I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for… — David Gemmell
Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to discuss with you.… — Scott Lynch
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion… — Anne Bronte
I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title or… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
dive for dreams or a slogan may topple you (trees are their roots and wind is wind) trust your heart if the seas catch fire… — E E Cummings

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