Honour Quotes
515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors
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History's villains are more easily recognized in retrospect. In an article published in 1935 and reprinted in 1937, Winston Churchill expressed a curious ambivalence towards…
— Winston Churchill
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We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions
— Unknown Author
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You cannot honour the prophet by dishonouring his teaching.
— Hamza Yusuf
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If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
— Sathya Sai Baba
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Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting,…
— Guru Nanak
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The Humbling is not vintage Roth, despite its compelling premise. The bizarre series of episodes -- mostly sexual encounters with women -- which make up…
— Philip Hensher
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If you have not tasted poverty, you will not be able to manage blessing when it comes. If you have not tasted humiliation, you will…
— T. B. Joshua
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We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.
— Thomas Jefferson
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I left the table where there were important people and had lunch with my husband and a few friends. The reception was organised in my…
— Nana Mouskouri
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Recognize and honour your uniqueness.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss…
— T.H. White
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Why on earth should we be at each other's throats? Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if…
— J. G. Farrell
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Add to this occasional journeys, ministers’ meetings, etc., and you will rather wonder that I have any time, than that I have so little. I…
— William Carey
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If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be…
— Bernard de Mandeville
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I fell in love with Scotland and made good friends here, so I stayed after graduating with Honours in Chemistry.
— Steve Blake
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This book is not about heroes. English poetry is not yet fit to speak of them. Nor is it about deeds, or lands, nor anything…
— Wilfred Owen
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I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say that playing football is all I have ever wanted to do and…
— Paul Scholes
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If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.
— Mary Astell
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If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.
— Mary Astell
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Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy…
— Akhenaton
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