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Honor Quotes - Page 16

Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

"Cato, A Tragedy". Play by Joseph Addison, 1713.

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.

"Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778 - 1783, and Life of Gen. George Rogers Clark" by William Hayden English, vol. 2, (p. 789), 1896.

As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve.

Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.68, New World Library

A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1999). “The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader”, p.119, University of Virginia Press

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.5

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private”, p.221

Profitability is the consequence of doing business in the right way, to honor God.

"Doing Virtuous Business: The Remarkable Success of Spiritual Enterprise". Book by Ted Malloch, 2011.