Quotes about Honor
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
- Samuel Johnson
It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do or die.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
- George Washington
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most men admire Virtue, who follow not her lore.
- John Milton
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.
- Abraham Lincoln
They do us honor by seeing gods in us, and we respond by treating them like things.
- JM Coetzee
And all the insects ceased in honor of the moon.
- Jack Kerouac
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
In a war, the first casualty is human dignity.
- Paulo Coelho
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
- Theodore Roosevelt