Honor Quotes

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

"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, President

"The law: it has honored us; may we honor it"

Daniel Webster, Statesman

"There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat"

Ann Landers, Journalist

"Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written"

William Faulkner, Novelist

"Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it"

Zhuangzi, Philosopher

"Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor"

Eric Sevareid, Journalist

"National honor is the national property of the highest value"

James Monroe, President

"I am still being recognized as Joanie and probably will as long as Happy Days is playing on TV and remembered by Happy Days fans. It has and will always be a pleasure and a honor for me to be a part of it"

Erin Moran, Actress

"If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due"

Alveda King, Clergyman

"I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

"Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots"

Jessica Savitch, Journalist

"I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace"

Pierre Corneille, Dramatist

"It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard"

Jim Bakker, Celebrity

"Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul"

Johannes Sebastian Bach, Composer

"My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's"

Ryan White, Celebrity

"Without money honor is merely a disease"

Jean Racine, Dramatist

"I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood"

Rip Torn, Actor

"Churchill knew the importance of peace, and he also knew the price of it. Churchill finally got his voice, of course. He stressed strategy, but it was his voice that armed England at last with the old-fashioned moral concepts of honor and duty, justice and mercy"

Suzanne Fields

"Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded"

Lord Chesterfield, Statesman

"If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable"

Thomas More, Author

"I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor"

Sebastian Vettel, Celebrity

"We're reclaiming America and restoring honor. I believe we do that with faith, with hope, with charity, and honoring our brothers and our sisters as we honor each other"

Alveda King, Clergyman

"The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all; and for that I am especially grateful"

George Wald, Scientist

"The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit"

Henry Cabot Lodge, Politician

"You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care"

Jack Kevorkian, Activist

"We wish that all countries around the world honor our wishes and our Jihad, and we avoid interfering in their business"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart"

Alice Walker, Author

"I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama"

Adam Arkin, Actor

"I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare"

Barbara Mikulski, Politician

"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men"

William Wycherley, Dramatist

"The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here"

Antonio Villaraigosa, Politician

"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust"

Geronimo, Statesman

"In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall"

Meg Greenfield, Editor

"In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time"

John Sergeant Wise, Author

"You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary"

Florence E. Allen

"It's a tremendous honor. It really is a privilege, not just a right. You're in the NFL and you wear the shield now. It means the world to me; it really is a special feeling, and my family's gotten a real kick out of it"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage"

Rebecca H. Davis

"Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation"

Mike Fitzpatrick, Politician

"Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11"

Zach Wamp, Politician

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