Quotes About Honor

Lindsay McKenna

Though physical courage is a common phenomenon in our day and age, moral courage is a thing that is correspondingly rare.

fail a stringent code of ethics and that none of us was capable of earning a place of honor.

The man's position is not up for grabs, just as it is not his to give away. The woman's place is not the man's for the taking, nor is it hers to forfeit. The two must stand together in their respective roles. What we have been given to guard, we should never yield to another.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed.

I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.

The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.

The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society, are still given their appropriate reward.

The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

I have a great deal of spiritual dignity. It's on loan from eternity, and you do too, and we have to use it in our relationship with each other.

There lives a weeperin each of us-a silent mourner honoring our despairwhen our willingness slain by helplessness continues to resurrect to be slaughtered again

Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.

BLOOD, SWEAT & RESPECT. First two you GIVE. Last one you EARN.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.