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Quotes About Honour

Hold it the greatest sin to prefer existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.
~ Juvenal
As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.
~ Patrick Pearse
Women are not a garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honored and have their rights.
~ Umar
It has been an honour to present BBC 'Sports Personality Of The Year' for the last 19 years and I have loved every minute of it. The BBC have asked me to stay but I had made the decision to downsize my commitments a while ago, and I knew that the time would be right after what was always set to be a magical 2012.
~ Sue Barker
It is an honour to be spreading Moroccan music and dance in India while integrating some of my favourite things about India, including the beautiful, talented, carefree children, who just light up the screen the minute they start dancing.
~ Nora Fatehi
Fighting at Madison Square Garden, where so many great fighters have fought is a true honor, and something I have dreamt about my entire life.
~ Demetrius Andrade
Having a stadium in France named after a footballer from the Ivory Coast, even if I'm proud of my France-Ivory Coast background, is a great proof of integration.
~ Didier Drogba
Playing for England, it's a massive honour to wear the shirt anyway, but to come and play at Wembley Stadium, in terms of how women's football has developed, it's a massive opportunity.
~ Steph Houghton
The Champions League is one of the biggest club stages you can reach and I think for players it is an honour to be part of it. It certainly is for me. You just enjoy being a part of it playing against the best clubs in Europe.
~ Ilkay Gundogan
I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.
~ Erin O'Connor
It was an honor to meet the iconic Stan Lee.
~ Claudia Kim
Alarm bells ring when a politician stands haughty upon his honour.
~ Howard Jacobson
They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man,The lads that will die in their glory and never be old.
~ A. E. Housman
Average man is arrogant, because he is ever impressed by reason and always bows his head to it. Reason makes us believe that our challenges in life are to be avoided at all costs. This is to be a coward who does not have the self-respect needed in order to honour the marvellous gift of life.
~ Théun Mares
To seek out the disciplined and skilled ways of the hunter is the only true honour we may rightfully claim, and to seek the impeccability of the hunter's spirit is the only possible justification for our existence.
~ Théun Mares
All the blessings of a household come through the wife, therefore should her husband honour her.
~ The Talmud
The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and that without labour, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above. The spirit which is pure, sincere, and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.
~ Thomas a Kempis
The spirit which is pure, sincere, and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.
~ Thomas a Kempis
Truly all human glory, all temporal honour, all worldly exultation, compared to Thy eternal glory, is but vanity and folly.
~ Thomas a Kempis
To the Everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honour, blessing, Might and endless majesty.
~ Thomas Aquinas
As the president put the Medal of Honor around my neck, I felt the history and the weight of a nation.
~ Kyle Carpenter
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
~ John F. Kennedy
it is necessary for you to study; since, then, you have no longer the excuse of illness, take pains to study letters and music, for you see what honour is done to me for the little skill I have. Therefore, my son, if you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself.
~ Nicoló Machiavelli
we know: the best of us did not return.
~ Viktor E. Frankl