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Quotes About Honour

Would that I could die, reduce myself to nothing, leave a glorious name to my country, die in the cause of defending it against a foreign invasion and afterwards the sun will shine on my body like a permanent sentinel in these ocean rocks!
~ Jose Rizal
Isa rin akong Espanyol, pero bago ang pagiging Espanyol ay tao ako at bago ang Espanya ay sa ibabaw ng Espanya ay ang kanyang dangal, ang matataas na prinsipyo ng moralidad, ang mga walang-hanggang prinsipyo ng hindi nagbabagong katarungan!
~ Jose Rizal
Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.
~ Joseph Addison
The post of honour is a private station.
~ Joseph Addison
The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.
~ Joseph Addison
When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.15
~ Joseph Addison
Sit here, deliberating in cold debates, If we should sacrifice our lives to honour, Or wear them out in servitude and chains. Rouse up, for shame! our brothers of Pharsalia Point at their wounds, and cry aloud—To battle! 40 Great Pompey's shade2 complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unrevenged amongst us!
~ Joseph Addison
People today would hardly understand me if I started writing about freedom and honour ... Nowadays, silence is the better policy. I am writing purely to obtain clarity for myself, and, so to speak, 'pro nomine dei.' May He forgive me my sin!
~ Joseph Roth
blaze of lightning marked the moment that Firestar joined his warrior ancestors—ancestors not by blood, but by heritage, honor, and tradition.
~ Erin Hunter
A blaze of lightning marked the moment that Firestar joined his warrior ancestors—ancestors not by blood, but by heritage, honor, and tradition.
~ Erin Hunter
Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful.
~ Michelle Dockery
Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
~ Isaac Hayes
Playing for England is such a huge honour - it should always remain that.
~ Alastair Cook
I felt that all of us working on our remake of '13 Assassins' had to honour the original director, Eiichi Kudo, and everyone else who created the original.
~ Takashi Miike
I did a Norwegian film called 'Insomnia' that was remade and that was a good remake by a good director, so I'm honoured.
~ Stellan Skarsgard
I was in the film industry just for 13 years and to remember me after 35 years is really an honour.
~ Mumtaz
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
One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.
~ Nick Clegg
To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.
~ N'Golo Kante
To represent your country is a massive honour.
~ Gareth Bale
I don't see it as pressure at all. I see it as such an honor to just in some sort of way represent Puerto Rico and Hispanics and all the girls out there.
~ Laurie Hernandez
I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.
~ Lin Dan
Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people's eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there's a certain amount of regard.
~ Rahul Dravid
Representing my country will always be one of my proudest achievements, and I feel honoured to have played for England.
~ Robert Green