Quotes About Honor

A name is what a man makes it," I

What so many of us who abhor violence often forget is that we have peace and civilized lives because there were men and women who went before us who were willing to fight for our freedom to live in peace.

Ma'am,' I said, 'I'd have liked it, having you for a ma.

Courage and bravery are words too often used, too little considered. It is one thing to speak them, another thing to live them.

It is my privilege. It is so written.

In Bowdrie's limited vocabulary, to be responsible was the most important word.

Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour

But the young men of all tribes were eager to take scalps and the prestige that followed.

Dealing with Indians I found them of shrewd intelligence, quick to detect the false, quick to appreciate quality, quick to resent contempt and to appreciate bravery. So much of the Indian's life was predicated upon courage that he respected it above all else. He needed courage in the hunt, and in warfare, and to achieve success within the

about him, although not many

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I carved a name on a slab and placed it there. I knew not the day of his birth, but gave that of his death. His name, too, I placed there, although the place a man leaves is in the hearts of those he leaves behind, and in his work, not upon a slab Ã¢â'¬Â¦

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That was how I would remember my father. There was never a place he walked that was not the better for his having passed. For every tree he cut down he planted two.

One of the easiest ways to be brave is to have bravery expected of you.

A sword?" I was astonished. "It is a man's weapon.

If you play games with men," he replied, "you'll play by men's rules.

My father finished his life," I continued, "and made a better foothold for me. And I in my time shall do the same for my sons. Yet it is honor I wish for them, honor and pride of person, not wealth. Nor do I wish for titles, or a place near a Queen or a King, for pride of title or family is an empty thing, like dry leaves that blow in the cold winds of autumn.

This love of money is the curse of American, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty, till we don't know whom to trust, and it is only a genius like Agassiz who dares to say, 'I cannot waste my time in getting rich,' said Mrs. Jessie sadly.

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on

notoriety is not real glory.

Virtue was its own reward.

I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a bit of it is found it is known. That is the text of my little sermon to you. Virtue, which means honour, honesty, courage, and all that makes character, is the red thread that marks a good man wherever he is.