Quotes About Honor

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

One of the Arsenal players came up to me afterwards and said it had been an honor to be on the same pitch as me. I thought, My God, that is a great thing to say when your team has just lost.

Representing Australia has always been a honour and a privilege, and the older and more experienced I get, the more I enjoy it.

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing.

I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do – play it right and with respect.

Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.

If you can't do respect for yours, you can't do for others.

When in doubt, always act on the assumption that people are more honorable than you have any solid reason for supposing they are.

The murkiest den, the most opportune place" (the voice of conscience thundered poetically), "the strongest suggestion our worser genius can, shall never melt mine honour into lust. Never, never!" he resolved.

Mourir et donner des noms, on ne fait sans doute rien de plus sincère, pendant tout le temps où on vit.

D'Artagnan fought three times with Rochefort, and wounded him three times. 'I shall probably kill you the fourth, said he to him, holding out his hand to assist him to rise. 'It is much better both for you and for me to stop where we are,' answered the wounded man. 'Corbleu! I am more your friend than you think - for after our very first encounter, I could by saying a word to the cardinal have had your throat cut!' They this time embraced heartily, and without retaining any malice.

wise men are remembered, they always are.

The juvenile adage Never kiss and tell had a sound moral instinct behind it.

Morality is for everyone and that is what