Action Quote by John Ruskin

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue;…

— Philip Sidney

Honor is the presence of God in man.

— Pat Conroy

“The radiance of dignity and grace creates a profound elegance which exists whether anyone is watching or not.”

— Susan C. Young

Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the…

— Carl von Clausewitz

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise, in spite…

— Sydney Smith

Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.

— Joseph Addison

“There is no question of doing is purely on our own. But we must act. Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. And…

— Dallas Willard

To give generously but appropriately and then, most difficult of all, and as the full apotheosis of the art, with feeling, in the moment…

— David Whyte

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

— Elie Wiesel

The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids…

— Moliere