Honor Quotes - Page 47

Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves, and to save all those who rely upon you. You have only to go right on, and at the end of the road, be it short or long, victory and honor will be found.

Your women of honor, as you call 'em , are only chary of their reputations, not their persons, and 'tis scandal they would avoid, not men.

Best they honor thee Who honor in thee only what is best.

What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?

Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man.

If I lose my honor, I lose myself: better I were not yours Than yours so branchless.

The due of honor in no point omit.

Mine honor is my life, both grow in one. Take honor from me, and my life is done. Then, dear my liege, mine honor let me try; In that I live, and for that I will die.

Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, Th' endeavor of this present breath may buy That honor which shall bate his scythe's keen edge And make us heirs of all eternity.

That is honor's scorn Which challenges itself as honor's born And is not like the sire. Honors thrive When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers.

The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, And I will look on both indifferently; For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honor more than I fear death.

Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your dispositions to be married" It is an honor that I dream not of

A scar nobly got is a good livery of honor.

I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.

Love yourself; and in that love not unconsidered leave your honor.

If is a custom, More honor'd in the breach than the observance.

Greatness knows itself.

Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens.

Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.

Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other.

And my first item on each day's list is this: Wake up. If I can check that off, I've already done something and can get on with the business of living and trying to honor the memory of those I love who are no longer here.