Quotes About Honor

And Balaam answered and said, ... If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more."—Spiritual

Enoch was a man of strong and highly cultivated mind and extensive knowledge; he was honored with special revelations from God; yet being in constant communion with heaven, with a sense of the divine greatness and perfection ever before him, he was one of the humblest of men. The closer the connection with God, the deeper was the sense of his own weakness and imperfection.

The Sabbath, especially, was given for the benefit of man and for the honor of God. --Story of Redemption, pg. 141

The age is a vociferous one, and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to make himself heard.

If we are faithful, seeking to bless others, patient in well-doing, at His coming Christ will crown us with glory, honor, and immortality.—The Review and Herald, December 5, 1912. [23]

Every man lives at swordspoint.

Los duelos sólo son a muerte cuando lo que hay en juego es una de estas dos cosas: poder o dinero. —¿Qué hay del honor? —¿Qué se puede comprar con el honor? —preguntó cínicamente la duquesa.

Every man lives at swordspoint, Ferris intoned.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

The Good Old Boys

Just as my mother reminded me to live up to the reputation of my family name, we all need to be reminded to live up to the reputation of the name of Jesus.

La verdad es que el Willy y yo estuvimos agarrando cura, que si prometíamos ser fieles al presidente, gritaba aquel bato, Simón, respondíamos nosotros, pero si nos pasa a sus hijas.

Marry me, Esme. Please. Honor me. I will honor you as your husband never did. Our marriage would be a remedy against sin, if anyone could ever call it a sin to love you." Sebastian Bonnington to Esme Rawlings

Those who broke the codes lost their honour – their good name – and forfeited their place in society. Loyalty was expected towards the family and those with whom one was in fellowship (félag), between a lord and his men, between friends, and between the master and mistress of a household and their servants.

Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal: but the good name never dies of one who has done well.

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.

More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.

Raging like a lion or wild boar and slaughtering many enemies may be worthy of praise and honor in the world of Homer's characters, but similes claiming that the warriors are like such beasts invite the audience to consider whether it really is optimal behavior for a human being. Is it really something to brag about?

The Iliad thus begins to suggest that no community can succeed by honoring exceptional individuals whose indulgence in rage and ruthless pursuit of honor causes them to neglect or imperil those who depend upon them.

Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

Lots of people don't talk about their military service.... A pretty accurate rule of thumb is the people who did the most talk about it the least. The blowhards are the ones who did squat.

The knowledge that at any moment you would be expected to and in fact would sacrifice your life for that of another man, for the benefit of the common good, made for a supremely noble act in a world more and more devoid of anything remotely virtuous.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.