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Quotes About Honor

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
~ Omar Bongo
For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing more after this. I cannot hope to get anything more prestigious.
~ Satyajit Ray
I believe that every Nobel Laureate has the feeling that this prize is really a gift - because nobody can or should work just for this prize.
~ Klaus von Klitzing
Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call.
~ Saul Perlmutter
The Nobel Prize is worth $1.5 million, but that's not the issue. Do the distinguished scientists who win the Nobel Prize need the money? Probably not. The honor is more important the money, and that's the case with the prize for African leadership as well.
~ Mo Ibrahim
I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.
~ Tim Hunt
I grew up hoping that my father might win a Nobel Prize.
~ Bruce Beutler
It's always nice to be praised, and insofar as a prize is a form of praise, you're glad when you get it.
~ Howard Jacobson
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.
~ Herbert A. Simon
Nobel prizes are very special prizes, and it would be great to get one.
~ Craig Venter
The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.
~ Rita Levi-Montalcini
It's an honor, really, to be a Pro Bowler.
~ James Conner
It means a lot to be Pro Bowl. There's a lot of people who vote and they watch football a lot.
~ DeAndre Hopkins
There's not a bunch of pressure at the Pro Bowl.
~ Cris Carter
I have led the pro league scoring for flve years and that's honor enough for anybody.
~ George Mikan
I'm a Pro Bowl defensive end.
~ Greg Hardy
For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced.
~ Jim Walsh
For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.
~ James T. Walsh
In my 39 years in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you say you are. You have to earn it and re-earn it and re-evaluate it from time to time.
~ Martin Dempsey
Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
~ Mike Jackson
I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.
~ Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Politics, I love. It's a noble profession.
~ George P. Bush
It's a true honor to have the endorsement of the Kentucky Professional Fire Fighters.
~ Andy Beshear