Honour Quotes
515 Honour quotes by 397 unique authors
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If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.
— John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
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In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the new British armies…
— Sean Lemass
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Disraeli was now at the height of his fame and popularity. He still had his enemies... But the people as a whole now admired and…
— Christopher Hibbert
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Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to…
— Marie de France
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The state incurs debts for politics, war, and other higher causes and 'progress'. . . . The assumption is that the future will honour this…
— Jacob Burckhardt
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I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war…
— Fritz Sauckel
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There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the…
— Dwight L. Moody
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I am a complete mother's boy. I try to do everything with honour, respect and grace because the last thing I would want to do…
— Julian Lennon
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To represent the best of Canada is such an honour, it's chilling. There is so much excitement.
— Hayley Wickenheiser
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What an honourable thing is it to be fishers of men! How great an honour shouldst thou esteem it, to be a catcher of souls!…
— Thomas Boston
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Who doesn’t respect and value his past, is not worth the honour of the present, and has no right to a future
— Jozef Pilsudski
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When it’s all said and done I would like to look back and think that I help to make modelling a possibility for a greater…
— Alek Wek
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There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never…
— Nelson Mandela
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Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.
— Lord Kelvin
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Be ye a refuge to the fearful; bring ye rest and peace to the disturbed; make ye a provision for the destitute; be a treasury…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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A nation lives forever through its concepts, honour, and culture. It is for these reasons that the rulers of nations must judge and act not…
— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
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I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.
— Widad Akrawi
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Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among us…
— John Baillie
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Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor…
— Robert Baden-Powell
Who Wrote These Honour Quotes
397 authors contributed a total of 515 Honour Quotes, led by these top contributors: