Quotes About Honor

For they were thieves not only of wages but of honor. To their purpose they could quote not only Scripture but Jefferson.

Perchance you shall, fair sir, said Nigel, for all that I have seen of you fills me with this desire to go further with you. It is in my mind that we might turn this thing to profit and to honour, for when Sir Robert has spoken to you, I am free to do with you as I will.

Ah Gawaine, Gawaine, ye have betrayed me; for never shall my court be amended by you, but ye will never be sorry for me as I am for you

Well, said the haut prince, this day must noble knights joust.

I'll listen, till my fancy hears The clang of swords' the crash of spears! These grates, these walls, shall vanish then For the fair field of fighting men, And my free spirit burst away, As if it soared from battle fray.

ANTIGONE È più lungo il tempo che occorre piacere ai morti piuttosto che ai vivi. È là infatti che giacerò per sempre.»

Reprove thy friend privately: commend him publicly.

Vertraue einem edlen Charakter mehr als einem Eid.

You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Never honor the gods in one breath and take the gods for fools the next.

There is a kind of excellence in me and you—born in us—and it cannot live in shame.

No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?

I will suffer nothing as great as death without glory.

I, for one, prize less The name of king than deeds of kingly power; And so would all who learn in wisdom's school.

It's not through words but actions that I want to set the luster on my life.

No man, my lord, should make a vow, for if He ever swears he will not do a thing.

But nothing else escapes all-ruinous time. Earth's might decays, the might of men decays, Honor grows cold, dishonor flourishes, There is no constancy 'twixt friend and friend, Or city and city; be it soon or late, Sweet turns to bitter, hate once more to love.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.

forbear, or I shall hate thee soon, And the dead man will hate thee too, with cause. Say I am mad and give my madness rein To wreck itself; the worst that can befall Is but to die an honorable death.

I need one food: I must not violate Elektra

And the dead man will hate thee too, with cause. Say I am mad and give my madness rein To wreck itself; the worst that can befall Is but to die an honorable death.

Never at my hands will the traitor be honored above the patriot. But whoever proves his loyalty to the state–I'll prize that man in death as well as life.

Every slander wins belief Aimed at souls whose worth is chief: