Quotes About Honor

Nothing glamorous like the write-ups in the papers or the newsreels. We weren't heroes. We were only there... Closing his eyes, he then slumps against the wall, as if the words he has spoken has used up all his energy.

With the Athenians, as with Darius, one is astonished by how the obsession with honor and reputation can lead a great power toward a bad fate. The image of Darius's army marching into nowhere on an inhospitable steppe, in search of an enemy that never quite appears, is so powerful that it goes beyond mere symbolism.

Morgenthau begins his argument by noting that the world "is the result of forces inherent in human nature." And, human nature, as Thucydides pointed out, is motivated by fear ( phobos ), self-interest ( kerdos ), and honor ( doxa ).

Human nature - the Thucydidean pantheon of fear, self-interest, and honor - makes for a world of incessant conflict and coercion.

Man had to hang on to his pride.

Lenea este mama tuturor viciilor, dar fiind o mam? ea trebuie respectat?

Self-respect, courage, and integrity look good ona man.

Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.

Maybe we honor the abusive style of so many coaches and other public figures because their public actions lend credibility to our own private outbursts.

you say you have no courage, but i see it in you. what you did, the burden you agreed to shoulder, took courage. for that, i honor you.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.

Katakan padanya, biar seribu peluru menembus tubuhku, aku tetap tidak akan membiarkan perilaku tidak senonohnya.

Luka bisa disembuhkan. Reputasi tidak bisa dipulihkan.

Bagi para pengejar layang-layang, hadiah yang paling berharga adalah layang-layang yang terjatuh paling akhir dalam sebuah turnamen musim dingin. Itulah trofi kehormatan yang diperebutkan, sesuatu yang bisa dipajang untuk dikagumi para tamu.

Galilah sebuah tulisan yang indah, Monsieur Boustouler, dan anda akan menemukan berbagai aksi tidak terhormat

Ask him where his shame is. They spoke. He says this is war. There is no shame in war. Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

They respected him, you see, because he respected them.

Ask him where his shame is." They spoke. "He says this is war. There is no shame in war." "Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

Anak-anak harus mengetahui kehebatan ayah mereka.

women who were killing themselves out of fear of being raped, and of men who, in the name of honor, would kill their wives or daughters if they'd been raped by the militia. Aziza

Dig beneath a beautiful piece of writing [...] and you will find all manner of dishonor.

Ask him where his shame is. He says this is war. There is no shame in war. Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

To be able to show someone that, yes, you are someone worth sacrificing for? That you like them for their faults and that you respect them for their ability to rise above them?

You have to suffer and come out the other side, find compassion in the emptiness. Respond by not filling it up. It's no easy thing. It's not what we build, Uncle Austin used to say. It's what we leave alone that makes us who we are. Look around. We cannot improve this place. We can only honor it by receiving its bounty with wisdom and thanks.