Character Quote by William Shenstone

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked…

— H. L. Mencken

“Morality and honor are not to be confused. "The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets…

— H.L. Mencken

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

— Terry Goodkind

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

— H. L. Mencken

Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously…

— B. C. Forbes

Honesty is the foundation of a sound character and the keystone of all other virtues. It is the cement without which all other redeeming…

— William Grant Bangerter

For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and…

— Plutarch

Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the…

— John Adams

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

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

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

— Walter Savage Landor

Honor is decency without vanity.

— Arthur Koestler