1,157 Quotes About Honor

Let Us Be GratefulToday we give our thanks most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers - for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.

For there is no virtue, the honor and credit for which procures a man more odium than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people.

To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension - only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each passing month as if shoving one more oiled hot dog down the gullet in a food eating contest to prove accumulation superiority.

chivalry demands that a man respect a woman’s wishes. Needless to say, this does not mean that a compleat gentleman is his lady’s lackey.

‎It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.

হয়তো সে হতভাগ্য একলা, জোট-নিরপেক্ষ, অন্তেবাসী! বাকি নিরানব্বইজন এককাট্টা! ঘাড় ধরে ওরা লোকটাকে বার করে দেবে রাজসভা থেকে।দিক। কালীপ্রসন্ন সিংহের মহাভারত সেও পড়েছে। জানে, বিকর্ণকে বরদাস্ত করেনি স্বাধিকারপ্রমত্তের দল। লোকটা সভাত্যাগ করে চলে যাবে, হয়তো লোকালয় থেকেও উচ্ছেদ করা হবে তাকে। চলে যাবে অরণ্যে। তবে মাথা খাড়া রেখেই।অন্তেবাসী, অরণ্যচারী, “বুনো” হয়ে যাওয়া অসামাজিক, অশোভন, হতে পারে - সেটা অমর্যাদার, অগৌরবের নয়।

Old age doth in sharp pains abound;We are belabored by the gout,Our blindness is a dark profound,Our deafness each one laughs about.Then reason's light with falling rayDoth but a trembling flicker cast.Honor to age, ye children pay!Alas! my fifty years are past!

If you have a problem with honesty, you should be examining why that is.