Quotes About Honor

He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.

Daddy, were you a hero? And he answered, No, but I served with heroes.

you liked him so much you just hated to let him down." He was, and is, all but worshiped by the men of E Company.

I firmly believe that only a combat soldier has the right to judge another combat soldier.

No wrong will ever be done you by our nation."3

Nor did the Americans find it necessary to wage a ruthless campaign. As has been mentioned previously, both sides respected

In my interviews with World War II veterans, they sometimes tell me that the reason they fought was they had learned as children the difference between right and wrong and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed, so they fought.

Theirs not to reason why/Theirs but to do and die," even if the soldiers did not know the source. Those on Omaha Beach who had committed the poem to memory surely muttered to themselves, "Some one had blunder'd.")

precious are saved only by sacrifice.

During the third week in July, Lewis had two new rivers to name. Previously he and Clark had used the names of the men, of Sacagawea, of relatives, or of unusual features or incidents. Now that they were past the Great Falls, they changed their references. It was as if they suddenly recalled that they had some political responsibility here, that no politician can ever be flattered too much or too brazenly, and that nothing quite matches having a river named for you.

Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus.

You may be gold, and we poor ordinary men may be of bronze, but ask any solier out there which metal they'd rather have for a sword blae or a spearpoint

America's oldest debating union, founded in Princeton by James Madison, Aaron Burr, and others, is called the Cliosophical Society in her honor.

It's almost October though, and horror is my religion. Can I not celebrate orthodoxly and honor my church's holy days?

La imitación es la forma más sincera de halago.

It can be foolish as all get-out, yes, ma'am. It doesn't make much sense. But I was just taught to hurt no man except the man who hurt me and mine. I have no other star to steer by. That and to do my duty as I understand it. If I followed those two rules, I'd be okay.

If you did 'Nam, brother, no payment at all. You already paid up in full." —

Your quality of life is directly tied to the amount of love flowing in you and through you to others. Though it's often overlooked, love is infinitely more valuable than riches, fame, or honor. They will pass away, but love remains.

He understood well enough how a man with a choice between pride and responsibility will almost always choose pride--if responsibility robs him of his manhood.

What I know now is that gallant young men rarely get pussy. Put it on a sampler and hang it in your kitchen.

Stand and be true

a quote from Benjamin Franklin: Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

if you keep a distance to get a respect, keep a distance to keep the respect

Never joke about the job of your friend. He/she feeds their family with it and it affects their dignity!