Honour Quotes - Page 3

• His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Faith, Dishonour, Rooted

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'Lancelot and Elaine' (1859) l. 870

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• There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians.

  Kim Campbell

  Greater

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• Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.

  Ben Jonson

  Two, Envy, Honor

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.386

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• There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Party, Political, Politics

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics

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• Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

  Lord Byron

  Literature, Way, Shelley

  Lord Byron, Donald A. Low (2013). “Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.337, Routledge

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• If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.

  Abdolkarim Soroush

  Expression, People, Identity

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• To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say, well done. And to the C students, I say, you too can be president of the United States.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Graduation, Humor

  "Bad results?" by Nikki Sheehan, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2001.

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• My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general.

  Robert Duvall

  Father, Virginia, Play

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• The Sound of Music was just such an honour to be in, because it was a movie that appeals to so many people, and they just loved it so much and they still love it to this day.

  Angela Cartwright

  People, Sound, Appeals

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• I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

  Georg Brandes

  Feelings, Overcoming, Not Afraid

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it.

  Elizabeth Montagu

  Party, Oysters, Letters

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• Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

  Simon Pegg

  Doctors, Childhood, Bigs

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• I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier.

  Fritz Sauckel

  War, Soldier, World

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• A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.

  Richard Steele

  Sex, Men, Views

  Richard Steele (1729). “The Spectator”, p.272

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• Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

  Mathieu Kerekou

  Poverty, Should, Humiliation

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• If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion.

  Robert Walpole

  Army, Liberty, Awakening

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• Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them.

  C. F. Powell

  Done, Concern, Feels

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• I am delighted to have had students, friends and colleagues in so many nations and to have learned so much of what I know from them. This Nobel Award honours them all.

  John Pople

  Awards, Students, Nobel

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• I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

  Martin Luther

  Inspirational, Music, God

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• I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.

  Cathy Freeman

  Success, Leadership, Believe

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• You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men were sentenced to death because they believed in a better future; because they had not lost their faith in the ultimate victory of liberty and justice!

  August Spies

  Faith, Death, Future

  Address of August Spies. "The Accused the Accusers: Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court", www.chicagohistoryresources.org. 1886.

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• Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Long, Commerce

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “A History of the Earth: And Animated Nature”, p.844

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• The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

  Adam Rickitt

  Trust, Jobs, Party

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• I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

  Thomas Carlyle

  God, Reality, Devil

  Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, April 29, 1836

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• He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Respect, Nice, Believe

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