Quotes About Honor

There are honorable men who spend all their lives preparing for a supreme act of treachery

Any profession was worthy of respect to men who for centuries earned bread by the sweat of their brows.

The Don nodded his head thoughtfully. Then he turned to his son and said gently, "Santino, never let anyone outside the Family know what you are thinking.

Una cosa no has aprendido de él, Mike: a hablar de la forma en que lo estás haciendo. Hay cosas que deben hacerse y se hacen, pero nunca se habla de ellas. Uno no trata de justificarlas; no pueden ser justificadas. Se hacen, simplemente. Y luego se olvidan.

If by some misfortune an honest man like yourself made enemies they would become my enemies - the Don raised his arm, finger pointing at Bonasera - and then, believe me, they would fear you.

Actions define a man,words are just a fart in the wind.

He was a man in the prime of his life, his fifties...broad forehead, aquiline nose, penetrating gaze, the very soul of rectitude and goodness.

Honor, vengeance, that rigorous religion, those punctilicious codes of conduct - how to explain their existence here, at the end of the world, among people who possessed nothing but the rags and the lice they had on them?

En Cierto modo, tenía derecho; todos en el colegio respetaban la venganza.

Servir, servir, servir Al Ejército de la Nación Servir, servir, servir Con mucha dedicación

You must base everything on these three rules: behave well, speak well, act well.

J'ai enfin compris pourquoi j'avais honte de m'asseoir dans la Cadillac de mon père! La raison de ma honte et de la révolution est la même: la différence de classe sociale. Mais j'y pense...on a une bonne à la maison!!

his days were reduced to trying to stay alive and not to disgrace himself.

fierce fraternal tradition

Snuffies didn't bug out, and they didn't write shit about you, either.

The fifty-three-year-old former Eagle Scout from South Carolina didn't drink, smoke, or swear; the most colorful expletive in his vocabulary was "dad gum."7 He was a West Pointer and had been an artillery commander in World War II.

To worship is to ascribe to God things that are true about him until we actually believe that truth and live according to it.

He who cannot revenge himself is weak. He who will not is comtemptible.

Defiance, Catherine, is a gift of God, who is superior to nature. When nature comes to get you, honor God by treating it, as he would, with neither fear nor respect.

One shouldn't ever do anything to protect one's dignity. You either have it or you don't.

Craig Binky decided that to salvage his position he would bear any burden and pay any price, and find out exactly what was going on. He had to redeem his honor. He decided to ask a computer. He

Honor is a complex and important matter best served by doing the right thing.

I was put in charge, made a general, and sent into Serbia, where, by dint of my own ingenuity, we served honorably but did not kill a soul. And that, believe me, is very hard with the Serbs, because they are very ingenious themselves, and they have a passion for martyrdom. I've been a field marshal for two years. I have so many medals that when I wear them I look like a window in a junk shop.

Living through enough, we all come to this understanding, though it is difficult to accept: No matter what path we choose to honor, there will always be conflict to negotiate. If we choose to avoid all conflict with others, we will eventually breed a poisonous conflict within ourselves. Likewise, if we manage to attend our inner lives, who we are will — sooner or later — create some discord with those who would rather have us be something else.