Honour Quotes

515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors

Kenny Dalglish was the greatest to play for Liverpool and Scotland, so for someone like that to sign me was an honour. — Charlie Adam
I can tell you that I never aspired to be president. I always honour something that Commander Chavez told us: that while we were in… — Nicolas Maduro
The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed on a scientist. — Charles Glover Barkla
I entreat masters to live a good life and faithfully to instruct their scholars, especially that they may love God and learn to give themselves… — Jan Hus
I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my… — John Hancock
I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope… — King Felipe VI
The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will greatly… — August Krogh
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished. — Samuel Smiles
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and… — William Shakespeare
Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality. — Mathieu Kerekou
That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. — Laurie Lee
One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences. — Raymond E. Feist
To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and… — John G. D. Clark
Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human… — John Strachan
I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work,… — Frederick Sanger
And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit… — Robert Grosseteste
When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of… — George Porter
For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that… — Lactantius
Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well. — Janos Kadar
What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us? — Abu Bakar Bashir

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