Honour Quotes

• Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Moving On, Perseverance

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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• Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

  Ishida Mitsunari

  Wisdom, Respect, Winning

  "Fictional character: Mitsunari Ishida". Video Game "Samurai Warriors", 2004.

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• There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

  Abu Bakr

  Humility, Greatness, Contentment

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• Fortune, honour, beauty, youth,
  Are but blossoms dying;
  Wanton pleasures, doting love,
  Are but shadows flying.

  Thomas Campion

  Flying, Shadow, Dying

  Joseph Haslewood, Edmund Bolton, Thomas Campion, George Gascoigne, Samuel Daniel (1815). “Ancient critical essays upon English poets and poesy”, p.14

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• No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports

  Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

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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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• Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honor millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.

  C. S. Lewis

  Spiritual, Kings, Stars

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• The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Winning, Training, Desire

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Truth, Men, Never Forget

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• Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Honor, Deeds

  Christopher Marlowe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe (Illustrated)”, p.1004, Delphi Classics

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• Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.

  Charles Dickens

  Courage, Integrity, Mean

  Charles Dickens (1868). “Barnaby Rudge: And Hard Times”, p.374

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• Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.

  Aristotle

  Men, Order, Opinion

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inward, Conscience

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, p.62, Cosimo, Inc.

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

  Joseph Addison

  Death, Honor, Thousand

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

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• The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

  Decimius Magnus Ausonius

  Men, Memorial, Honor

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• Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  God, Christian, Prayer

  Edward McKendree Bounds, Lyle W. Dorsett (1991). “E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Honor

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.195, JHU Press

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• Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.

  John Strachan

  Ambition, Fighting, Men

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• Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Honesty, People

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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  Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

  Alexander Pope

  Lying, Honor, Theatre

  Alexander Pope (1819). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death”, p.104

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• Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

  H. L. Mencken

  Character, Men, Honor

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

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• I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.

  Elizabeth I

  Love, Queens, Husband

  "The Public Speaking of Queen Elizabeth: Selections from Her Official Addresses".

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• Honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast.

  William Shakespeare

  Integrity

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.643

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

  Steven Erikson

  World, Harder

  "Memories of Ice". Book by Steven Erikson, December 6, 2001.

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