Honor Quotes

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

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

"And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell"

Edward Fitzgerald, Poet

"Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining"

Philo, Philosopher

"When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead"

John Greenleaf Whittier, Poet

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

Johannes Sebastian Bach, Composer

"We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions"

Martin Van Buren, President

"Without money honor is merely a disease"

Jean Racine, Dramatist

"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

"Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor"

Norman Mailer, Novelist

"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, Novelist

"Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country"

Payne Stewart, Athlete

"I further value this gift as it gave me an opportunity to accept this distinguished honor in a country so devoted to this cause and whose history marks a wonderful chapter in world development"

Frank B. Kellogg, Politician

"At one point, when I was 20 and living in Kentucky, I got shot - it was a land dispute over six inches of property that ran a hundred yards through my grandfather's land. It was really over the honor of my family and that of another family"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"It's like being a Knight of the Garter. It's an honor, but it doesn't hold up anything"

Fulton J. Sheen, Clergyman

"It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty"

Charles Schumer, Politician

"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

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

Ann Landers, Journalist

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

Meg Greenfield, Editor

"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

"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

"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

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

Ryan White, Celebrity

"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

"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

"To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served"

Solomon Ortiz, Politician

"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

"Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it"

Akhenaton, Statesman

"There is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved"

Francis I

"Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it"

Akhenaton, Statesman

"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

"All is lost save honor"

Francis I

"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"

Hermann Hesse, Novelist

"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 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

"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

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