Honor Quotes - Page 3

• Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

  H. L. Mencken

  Character, Men, Morality

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.111, Vintage

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.

  Anne Truitt

  Love, Relationship, Discovery

  Anne Truitt (2013). “Daybook, Turn, Prospect: The Journey of an Artist”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

  Norman Mailer

  Men, Littles, Certain

  Norman Mailer (1968). “The idol and the octopus: political writings, on the Kennedy and Johnson administrations”

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• Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Nice, Enemy, Cost

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• The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Integrity

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• All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

  John Adams

  Nature, Money, Ignorance

  John Adams' Letter to Thomas Jefferson, founders.archives.gov. August 23, 1787.

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• It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Philosophical, Men, Titles

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• The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

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• Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Hate, Heart, Men

  Friedrich Schiller (1884). “Works”

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• Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible-preaching. It is the hope of the church. It is the hope of the nation. It is the hope of the world.

  Jack Hyles

  Bible, God, Christian

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• Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Beach, Islands, Team Building

  "Satires (Satire 10)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

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• There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but they cannot be seen - they are immaterial, but no less real, to us. It is only through the language of myth that we can speak of these truths.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Real, Men, Etc

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• If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.

  William Arnot

  Integrity, Character, Army

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• As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

  Joseph Conrad

  Women, Inheritance, Literature

  Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford (1923). “Chance”

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• A person dishonored is worst than dead.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Literature, Worst, Persons

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• There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Patience, Men, Long

  "Les Caracteres". Book by Jean de la Bruyere (Des jugements, aphorism 108), 1688.

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• It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

  Aeschylus

  Friendship, Jealousy, Character

  "The Oresteian Trilogy". Play by Aeschylus, 458 BC.

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• For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Men, Titles

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 372-75, Dei Discorsi, III. 38, 1922.

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• Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

  Alexander Pope

  Inspirational, Lying, Character

  Alexander Pope (1823). “An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke : to which is Added, The Universal Prayer, with Other Poems”, p.33

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• To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.

  Socrates

  Life, Wisdom, Greek

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• Honor does not have to be defended.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Doe

  Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.142, Macmillan

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.

  Melody Beattie

  Desire, Tasks, World

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• When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

  John Boyle O'Reilly

  Ready, Your Honor

  John Boyle O'Reilly (1882). “Songs, Legends and Ballads”

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