Quotes About Honor

The essence of samurai is not just service, but loyalty to his master, to a cause greater than himself.

Tatsu was true samurai, and would continue serving the same master no matter how many times that master ignored or even abused him. Devoted service was the highest end he knew. It

Better a wise r?nin, I decided, than a naïve samurai.

Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler

Barry Eisler

Men of character continued to sail to their death for men of greed.

Looking back on it, Sloat wasn't sure how he had tolerated Phil Sawyer for as long as he had. His partner had never played to win, not seriously; he had been encumbered by sentimental notions of loyalty and honor, corrupted by the stuff you told kids to get them halfway civilized before you finally tore the blindfold off their eyes.

the idea of invading Iraq was first urged on him after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, he could not fail to recognize it as a way to have his revenge, complete the job his father had begun, and redeem his family's honor.

Hear me, gentlemen: true men do things—manly things. Mere males who want to seem like men just talk. Manhood is in the doing. There

Physical strength is never what makes a man manly. Rather, it is moral strength that identifies the true man

1. MANLY MEN DO MANLY THINGS. 2. MANLY MEN TEND THEIR FIELDS. 3. MANLY MEN BUILD MANLY MEN. 4. MANLY MEN LIVE TO THE GLORY OF GOD.

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives. By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to "walk our talk." It's honor with self, a fundamental part of the Character Ethic, the essence of proactive growth.

By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods.

The degree to which we have developed our independent will in our everyday lives is measured by our personal integrity. Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to "walk our talk." It's honor with self, a fundamental part of the Character Ethic, the essence of proactive growth.

By making and keeping promises to ourselves and others, little by little, our honor becomes greater than our moods. The

It was the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.

A crossed Maltese stays cross. – Kastor Cardinal Gallo

Respect is earned.

soldier-monks, knights errant of the cross, becoming the

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

I have always been a patriot, Brandt. In order to be a truly effective soldier, one must believe in one's country, is that not so?