Quotes About Honor

it could take 30 years to build your reputation and yet it can be lost in 30 seconds.

As Emerson said: 'Character is higher than intellect.

Cada instante que dedicáis a algo que sabéis que es lo más correcto, y no lo más fácil, favorece vuestra entrada en el Salón de la Fama de aquellos que alcanzan grandes logros.

the part of you that clings to fear must experience a sort of crucifixion so that the portion of you that deserves high honor undergoes a kind of reincarnation.

Character is higher than intellect

I've learned about leadership success, it's that it lies at the intersection where excellence meets honor.

We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don't have to avert our eyes with shame, so that we can hold our heads up high and receive the respectful acknowledgment of the rest of the earth's beings.

Never yield to pressure, only to principle.

Of course! the path to heaven doesn't lie down in flat miles. It's in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it.

Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things.

Acquit yourself as well as I have-bastard!

Another kind of joy, more sober because more responsible, is mine today as well: that of entry into a place that we can strictly term outside the bounds of power. For if I may, in turn, interpret the Collège, I shall say that it is, as institutions go, one of History's last stratagems. Honor is usually a diminution of power; here it is a subtraction, power's untouched portion.

Because Conway persisted in maligning Washington, he was summoned to the dueling ground by General John Cadwalader, who fired a ball through Conway's mouth that came out the back of his head. Cadwalader showed no regret. "I have stopped the damned rascal's lying tongue at any rate," he observed as his opponent lay in agony on the ground.

It is the child of avarice, the brother of inequity, and father of mischief. It has been the ruin of many worthy families, the loss of many a man's honor, and the cause of suicide. To all those who enter the list, it is equally fascinating. The successful gamester pushes his good fortune till it is overtaken by a reverse. The losing gamester, in hopes of retrieving past misfortunes, goes on from bad to worse."37 Washington

Reared with Methodist modesty, he could never admit nakedly to the true depth of his ambition. In this way, he was strictly Hannah Grant's son, not Jesse's. Ethical and honorable, he wanted to receive jobs based squarely on his merits, a faith he held so unalterably he called it "one of my superstitions.

This is the true secret . . . that wherever a regiment is well officered, the men have behaved well—when otherwise, ill—the [misconduct] or cowardly behavior always originating with the officers, who have set the example.

Mills lashed out at Barbot as "an impertinent puppy"—the sort of fighting words that prompted duels.

One day the king asked West whether Washington would be head of the army or head of state when the war ended. When West replied that Washington's sole ambition was to return to his estate, the thunderstruck king declared, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.

The man born without honor placed a premium on maintaining his.

There's nothing shameful about taking orders from a woman of superior rank.

We don't teach them to fight fair, and we don't start a fight.

second rule, learned from a lifetime of bad luck and trouble: Maintain a little dignity.

don't know why he's there, but I promise you he's clean, and he's going to do what needs doing, or he's going to die trying.

your mom's name?