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Quotes About Honour

Rarity went hand in hand with reverence.
~ J.R. Ward
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
~ Xenophon
Anytime an artist puts your name in a song, it's unbelievable. It never gets old.
~ Dwyane Wade
Like everyone else, I thought Messi was the best player in the world, and to be here with him now is a fantastic honour. It's a great experience watching him in training and in matches... the way he can transform a match is unbelievable.
~ Philippe Coutinho
I was approached by Sue Campbell to give my thoughts on whether I'd be interested in being the next head coach of the women's national team. Straight away, I was unbelievably excited and honoured to be approached by Sue.
~ Phil Neville
To Ronald Wilson Regan, The Fortieth President of The United States: The Man Who Won The War.
~ Tom Clancy
...all the horrors of war are soon forgotten in the pomp and circumstance of show and parade.
~ James Henry Gooding
Enemies, ' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
~ Terry Goodkind, Debt of Bones
War he sung is toil and trouble Honour but an empty bubble.
~ John Dryden
Whoever is not made glorified by taqwa can find no glory.
~ Al-Shafi'i
Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.
~ Ishida Mitsunari
Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.
~ Chanakya
The discoverers of these laws are called Rishis, and we honour them as perfected beings. I am glad to tell this audience that some of the very greatest of them were women.
~ Swami Vivekananda
In enjoyment is the fear of disease, In high birth, the fear of losing caste, In wealth, the fear of tyrants, In honour, the fear of losing it, In strength, the fear of enemies, In beauty, the fear of old age, In knowledge, the fear of defeat, In virtue, the fear of scandal, In the body, the fear of death. In this life all is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama.
~ Julian Castro
It is an honour that a coach like Guardiola speaks highly of me, for him to rate me as highly as I have read that he does. I genuinely appreciate it - from the bottom of my heart.
~ Robinho
There is only one Mariano Rivera. There won't be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one does it like him. It was an honor to catch him and play alongside him for as long as I did. He made my job as a catcher so much easier. Mariano is a special person and obviously a special player.
~ Jorge Posada
It's a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet extraordinary Australians right across our country who share a great generosity of spirit.
~ Quentin Bryce
LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others.
~ Charles Inglis
Now, all the people who spoke before, when I won the Golden Ball, have shut their mouths now the coaches and players from national teams have given me this prize and this recognition.
~ Fabio Cannavaro
Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.
~ Aristotle
Honour is that which no man can give you and no man can take away.
~ Rob Roy MacGregor
Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
~ George S. Patton
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
~ Moliere