Quotes About Honor

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.

If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the most satisfying lives there was to be had. Then he warned me that satisfaction would come at a great cost to me and any family I might have. I should never expected to be thanked; a soldier, if he was going to be content, had to understand that no civilian, no government, sometimes not even the army itself, would recognize the true nature of the scarifies he made.

Ecoute moi bien. La prochaine fois que ça t'arrive, qu'on insulte ta mère devant toi, la prochaine fois, je veux qu'on te ramène à la maison sur des brancards. Tu comprends ?

I'm a man of honor, Lili; of honor. — Yes, and the world ain't what it used to be, is it Colonel? — But I haven't changed, Lili, I refuse to change. I won't throw in the sponge.

it must be admitted that on neither side have they brought honor to the cause of reason, which they have not been able to protect against the winds of violence and folly.

As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, we must learn bravery and live for Pleasure and for Beauty. More important than those two things should stand only one thing for us... Honor. A man's honor should be more sacred to him than his life — especially in our age, a time when very few men know what honor is.

As for men, they must learn bravery and live for Pleasure and for Beauty. More important than those two things should stand only one thing for him... Honor. A man's honor should be more sacred to him than his life — especially in our age, a time when very few men know what honor is.

Trump treats women the way Roman culture treated them at the time of Jesus—as property, objectified and ridiculed. We see in Gospel stories Jesus' radical approach to treating women with honor and respect.

But we can rightly expect that our leaders use language that treats others with respect, and even honors them when they do good things for our land—even if we disagree with their politics.

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race we kept them free we kept the faith.

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Chang-Ch'un

Father Jude frowned into the blond sky. He was well thought of in his parish, calm and good. Things had been going smoothly down in Argus. He'd had a comfortable routine figured out. And now, what an unwelcome complication, in spite of the huge honor, to be afflicted with so many new problems, uncertainties, even doubts. And how terrifying, this feeling of loving someone. Thrilling. Awful.

Lola: Il n'y a que les fous et les lâches qui refusent la guerre quand leur Patrie est en danger. - Ferdinand: Alors vivent les fous et les lâches.

Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to die in the silence of the truth.

I think it's sorter real dastardly to break a promise you make to a child.

Never write a line you would be ashamed to read at your own funeral.

È molto più facile essere un eroe che un galantuomo. Eroi si può essere una volta tanto; galantuomini, si dev'esser sempre.

On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to god and my country but it might not be the same god as the god of the church and I might not be digging on the message of the president because the windmills of his mind are cracked on a lot of subjects concerning people.

A hint of a smile crossed Robin's features and he took Jessica's hand. "Well met, then, lady. I vow I despaired of this one ever finding a woman strong enough to face him. You must be accustomed to holding your ground." "The tales I could tell you," Richard muttered. "But I won't," he added at Robin's pursed lips. "Trust me, my lord, she holds her own very well. I'm sure the lady Anne will find her much to her liking.

I love this medieval stuff," Archie announced to whatever assembly was there, "don't you?" And with that, he slapped her happily on the rump—to the accompaniment of more horrified gasps—and continued on his way.

What did I tell you when you were little girl? The only way we women can get through our lives honorably is with courage and resignation, both. ~168