Honor Quotes - Page 2

• Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one's talents and gifts to the benefits of others - these are the measures of success that endure when material things have passed away.

  Henry Ford

  Life, Success, Goal

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• Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience.

  John Climacus

  Christian, Patience, Courage

  Saint John (Climacus) (1959). “The Ladder of Divine Ascent”

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• If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Integrity, Offending

  William Shakespeare, Oliver William Bourn Peabody, John Payne Collier, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1839). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3”, p.189

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• Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Believe, Men, People

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• It is better to be alone than in bad company.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Friendship, Lonely

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• A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

  Joseph Campbell

  Life, Inspiring, Veterans Day

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.151, Anchor

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• Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Character, Men

  William Shakespeare (1855). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.409

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• Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Truth, Lying

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.475, Simon and Schuster

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• He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

  Publilius Syrus

  Self Esteem, Lost, Loses

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• We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering; but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process; He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory; shame leads to honor; weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Mistake, Suffering, Weakness

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• Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Confidence, Honesty, Patriotic

  First Inaugural Address, Delivered 4 March 1933

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• Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Respect

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• The time is always right to do what is right.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  "This Dallas Boy's MLK Jr. Speech Is Such A Sweet Message For Today's World" by Sarah Friedmann, www.bustle.com. January 2018.

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• All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Character, Self

  Andrew Carnegie (1933). “Miscellaneous Writings of Andrew Carnegie”

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• For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.

  Arne Garborg

  Life, Fun, Sleep

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• An honor is not diminished for being shared.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Inspirational, Army, Share

  Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Cordelia's Honor”, p.170, Baen Books

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

  Joseph Addison

  Death, Thousand, Honour

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

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• The only job you have in life is to recognize and honor your personal legend

  Paulo Coelho

  Jobs, Personal Legend, Legends

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• It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.

  Hermann Hesse

  Motivational, Respect, Meaning Of Life

  "Narcissus and Goldmund". Book by Hermann Hesse, 1930.

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• Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Love, Inspirational, Heart

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853). “The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse”, p.200

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• Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

  Samuel Johnson

  Education, Honesty, Integrity

  'Rasselas' (1759) ch. 41

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• Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sports, Integrity, Athlete

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• Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Freedom, Anger, Society

  The Neurotic's Notebook ch. 7 (1963)

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• The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.

  John of Damascus

  Life, God, Faith

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