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Quotes About Honor

The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.
~ Mas Oyama
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
~ Sidney Poitier
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
~ Winston Churchill
What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.
~ Stonewall Jackson
Let him cut your skin, and you cut his flesh. Let him cut your flesh, and you cut his bones. Let him cut your bones, and you cut off his life
~ Toshitsugu Takamatsu
I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
~ Benigno Aquino III
Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty.
~ Stonewall Jackson
Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.
~ Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Never do anything in life if you would be ashamed of seeing it printed on the front page of your hometown newspaper for your friends and family to see.
~ Warren Buffett
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind.
~ Douglas MacArthur
Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
~ Socrates
I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
~ Chief Joseph
There is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved.
~ Francis I of France
I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.
~ Salma Hayek
My whole life was service to people and the Fatherland.
~ Wilhelm Frick
I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.
~ Meryl Streep
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
~ Ray Charles
The worker faithful to the well has neither the intention, or time, to violate the name and the service of others.
~ Chico Xavier
Gluttony and idleness are two of life's great joys, but they are not honourable.
~ Julie Burchill
Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.
~ Chilon of Sparta
Of all things there remains to me only honor and life which is safe.
~ Francis I of France
No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.
~ Nabeshima Naoshige
I loved the Godfather. I thought that was the best interpretation of our life that Ive ever seen. Godfather I and Godfather II - the other one stunk.
~ Sammy Gravano
The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God.
~ Jerry Bridges