1,157 Quotes About Honor

When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to explain yourself. All the whispers are behind your back. You are left with no means of clearing your own name. And after a while you realize there is no point in even attempting to do so. No one wants the truth. All anyone wants is the chance to add more fuel to the fires of gossip. The whispers become so loud that sometimes you think you will drown in them.

As cliché as it might sound, I'd rather lose than win by cheating. The latter is a much deeper, more personal loss in that one is admittedly whispering to himself his lack of competence. His cheating then begets more cheating, as he is ever-privately, ever-subconsciously insulting himself; thus, gradually deteriorating any remaining confidence.

You may love, honor, and care for her, but someone else is doing what she needs.

Each of us is shaped by the truth of our natures.Von to Silver

Fear has no place in the lives of those who choose to be victorious.

When I hear that people live by the book, I always wonder which one.

Knowing to do the right thing, but playing stupid to oblige to it, is still lying.

You want to be good. All right, I can understand that. But you have to be careful who you let define your good.

The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor