Dangerous Quote by Walter Lippmann

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

— Walter Lippmann

Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go…

— William Congreve

Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public…

— Baron de Montesquieu

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders…

— Plato

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

— Terry Goodkind

Honor is decency without vanity.

— Arthur Koestler

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

— H. L. Mencken

Honor is the presence of God in man.

— Pat Conroy

“Honor sometimes means doing something very unwise. Behaving like an idiot is better than dishonor. To this day I blush for having chosen sensible…

— Amélie Nothomb

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

— Cary Grant

Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.

— Francis Beaumont

Physical courage to a person of honour is easier and less risky than acts that could subject him to embarrassment or humiliation or a…

— Michael Josephson