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Quotes About Honor

The more loyalty oaths a person signed, the more loyal he was; to Captain Black it was as simple as that, and he had Corporal Kolodny sign hundreds with his name each day so that he could always prove he was more loyal than anyone else.
~ Joseph Heller
never give testimony against another physician.
~ Joseph Heller
All over the world, boys on every side of the bomb line were laying down their lives for what they had been told was their country, and no one seemed to mind, least of all the boys who were laying down their young lives.
~ Joseph Heller
Honestly now, Chaplain, you wouldn't want your sister to marry an enlisted man, would you? My sister is an enlisted man, sir, the chaplain replied.
~ Joseph Heller
Honor mattered because character mattered. And character mattered because the fate of the American experiment with republican government still required virtuous leaders to survive.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
I grow tired of the heartache Of every small and large war Passed from generation To generation. But it is not in me to give up. I was taught to give honor to the house of the warriors Which cannot exist without the house of the peacemakers.
~ Joy Harjo
Some of us did not make it. We carried their bodies far away From the cities and set their spirits free. This moment is for them—gives them nourishment Of our love to keep moving toward home.
~ Joy Harjo
Always, you maintain your dignity.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.
~ Joyce Maynard
My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.
~ Joyce Meyer
Trust in Him When we trust in ourselves, it leads to strife and shows that we don't trust God to do what He says in His Word—be with us, deliver us, and honor us. When we trust God, however, it leads to the reward of peace—peace within ourselves, peace with God, and peace with others.
~ Joyce Meyer
And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me. Psalm 50:15
~ Joyce Meyer
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. PSALM 91:15
~ Joyce Meyer
Calming down is a decision. It has nothing to do with feelings. It is an act of obedience, and we do it to honor God because He lives in our house, and He's saying: "I want it—I want some peace in this house. I want it quiet in here. I want you to be full of peace.
~ Joyce Meyer
Dying over an argument isn't honor, it's a waste of a man's life. A man volunteers to die for a cause he believes in, or to protect others he cares about. Any other reason is nothing more than stupidity. ~Ian Thornton
~ Judith McNaught
Ho jaaoge be-matlab hi badnaam raaz apne, apne tak hi rakha karo
~ Wajid Shaikh
Maximus said, "They have no tombstones. Not one man in Treverorum wept for their passing." he looked at his audience in turn and smiled. "In the name of Mithras, my master, may the gods be kind to you on your journey.
~ Wallace Breem
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.
~ Wallace Bruce
Any man who develops the power to perceive truth, and who can show that he always knows the right thing to do and that he can be trusted to do the right thing, will be honored and advanced.
~ Wallace D. Wattles
As the saying goes, I don't want his blood on the rug.
~ Wallace Stegner
According to Plato, the wise man is the best ruler precisely because he doesn't care unduly about political honor and power, much less about bodily pleasures. He is too absorbed in the pleasures of learning to be tempted by the lesser pleasures of glory, wealth, and hedonism. His rule is therefore benevolent and unmarred by self-interest, because the passions which in lesser men would be absorbed in material goods and sensual pleasures are sluiced off into the pleasures of the mind. The
~ Waller R. Newell
All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
~ Walter Annenberg
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
~ Walter Cronkite
Christians are sensitive. We want to be liked and accepted. It is pleasant to be agreeable and peaceful. As God's grace quickens in us a love for men, a sense of courtesy is heightened, a longing for gentleness and peace is increased. But with all of this our Lord's honor is at issue in the discussion. You must consciously choose words that pain your own social consciousness and love of peace. Self has to be crucified. Two hearts are broken, not merely one.
~ Walter J. Chantry