Honor Quotes - Page 11

• Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

  Herbert Hoover

  Party, History, Political

  1964 In Christian Science Monitor, 21 May.

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• No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

  Herbert Hoover

  Education, School, Aggravation

  Herbert Hoover (1938). “Addresses upon the American road”, C. Scribner's sons

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• But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.

  Harry Houdini

  Assistants, Secrecy, Allegiance

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.43, 谷月社

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• I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

  Billy Joel

  Criticism, Sometimes, Praise

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• I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

  Angelina Jolie

  Grateful, People, Citizens

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• God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

  Norah Jones

  Two, Feet, Rays

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• It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Looks, Realistic, Said

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• When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Lonely, Path, Free Will

  "Suu Kyi To Accept Nobel Peace Prize, Decades Late". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 16, 2012.

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• The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.

  T. E. Lawrence

  People, Mesopotamia, England

  "Report on Mesopotamia". The Sunday Times, August 22, 1920.

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• The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

  John Lennon

  Crosses, Distinction, Legion

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• Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.

  Jay Leno

  Lying, Today Is The Day, Differences

  "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, February 19, 2007.

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• My manager introduced me to the 'Rise to Honor' team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me.

  Jet Li

  Team, Games, Video

  Interview with Douglass C. Perry, www.ign.com. February 5, 2004.

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• I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?

  Douglas MacArthur

  Journey, Soul, Soldier

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• Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Life, Peace, War

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.17, Turner Publishing Company

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• I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.

  Seth MacFarlane

  Believe, Oscars, Said

  "Seth MacFarlane Oscars Monologue: His Quotes From The Academy Awards". www.moviefone.com. February 24, 2013.

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• Companies and their brands need to reach out and speak directly to consumers, to honor their values, and to form meaningful relationships with them. They must become architects of community, consistently demonstrating the values that their customer community expects in exchange for their loyalty and purchases.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Loyalty, Meaningful, Community

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• As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.

  Murray Gell-Mann

  Humble, Proud, Figures

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• The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.

  Jose Marti

  Trust, Delicate Life, Voters

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• Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

  Steve Martin

  Thinking, Play, People

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• I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.

  Susana Martinez

  Children, School, Kids

  RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Persons, Loses, Conscience

  Michel de Montaigne (1979). “Essays”

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• Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.

  Ricardo Montalban

  Country, Brother, Party

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• Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  People, Innovation, Historical

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• Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Blessed, Priorities, Identity

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• To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

  Isaac Newton

  Distinction, Source, Higher

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