Honor Quote by Nicholas Boileau

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

“Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never reenter it once we are on the outside.”

— Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

What is left when honor is lost?

— Publilius Syrus

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme…

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.

— Ouida

Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Honor is served only by combat that elevates the spirit. Correct choices—of whom we fight, and why, and how we live—are paving stones. Taken…

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

Honor is the presence of God in man.

— Pat Conroy

Honor the ocean of love.

— George de Benneville

Honor is our lives ambition.

— John Smith

The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct.

— Robert Peel