Quotes About Honor

The same touchy sense of personal honor that is at the root of Achilles' wrath still governs relations between man and man in modern Greece; Greek society still fosters in the individual a fierce sense of his privileges, no matter how small, of his rights, no matter how confined, of his personal worth, no matter how low. And to defend it, he will stop, like Achilles, at nothing.

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.

Now take care, Sir Gawain, Not to shrink from danger. This is quite an ordeal That you have taken on.

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate

Be a girl of duty not a girl of beauty because beauty spoil ur duty while duty make u beauty.

también era leal, claro, pero como un capitán ante el general. Troy, como un soldado.

Edmund Burke, anglický filozof 18. století, napsal jednou svému pÃ…â"¢íteli: "Král sice pozvedne gentlemana do Å¡lechtického stavu, ale gentlemana z nÄ›j neudÄ›lá

Right is its own defense.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.

but if he did marry, the least he could do was honor his mother's ultimate sacrifice by finding a woman who didn't hold her and the Old Queens he was descended from in contempt. In some ways such a pledge made little sense to a man who'd left his race, but to Rhine it made all the sense in the world.

Because the world needs sons and daughters with the courage of their fathers, and you are a courageous man.

If you were the man of my heart, I'd be your wife, not mistress. I don't share well.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Worthy is the lamb that was slain.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Walk worthy of the Lord.

For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

My dad used to say, "Without your word, you're not a man."

I had to remind myself I was in a food shop. Even in New York, once famous for its rudeness, now stuck in a condition of permanent impatience, I had never seen anything like it. There, a retailer, however jaded, still pretends to honor the shopkeeper's code that a customer is always right. Dario followed a much blunter, take no prisoners philosophy, that actually the customer is a dick.

Character is the container for blessing.