Quotes About Honor

Personal honor is imposed from within. The honor code is imposed from without.

He gave a life for a life," Kono said. "There is nothing more honorable." * * *

Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either.

After all, bragging and boasting aren't honorable; what's honorable is doing one's duty and sacrificing oneself for a noble cause.

reputation for integrity and honor is something you can take anywhere, and it will never let you down.

Winston Churchill quote, the one where he says, Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense?

Beecher, did you ever hear that Winston Churchill quote, the one where he says, Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense?

It is remarkable that chivalry, no matter how actual or merely aspirational it was in its own day, appeared when it did—that it appeared at all!

It was not enough for knights simply to love and fight well; they needed to sacrifice everything for the highest ideals, such as a Grail quest.

I acknowledge the efficacy of a kind of peacemaking, especially in the hothouse climate of so many American schools. However, strength and honor more dependably keep the peace than does palaver about psychic posture and moral equivalence.

A true gentleman, a chivalrous man, is just a bit more savage than most people imagine. a man who is not roused to combat evil is no gentleman.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. —George Orwell

That wasn't why he had accepted this job. He had accepted it because someone needed to be willing to stand up and do the right thing for the nation, no matter what the personal cost.

The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.

But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. It would be at once his sheath and his armor, and his weapons to destroy us, his enemies, who are willing to peril even our own souls for the safety of one we love. For the good of mankind, and for the honor and glory of God.

Puede un mago matar a un hombre por arte de magia? —Supongo que un mago podría, pero un caballero, jamás

Shape-changing and so on were all very well in the past. It makes a vivid incident in a story, I grant you. But surely, Strange, you would not want to practise it? A gentleman cannot change his shape. A gentleman scorns to seem any thing other than what he is. You yourself would never wish to appear in the character of a pastry-cook or a lamplighter …

Sir Doctor, we esteem very much the Hexenmeister of the Great Vellinton.

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it. –Crow

Y hace tiempo que aprendí que un hombre que provoca celos a su esposa no vale la pena.

Why were men so caught up with their honor, their solemn word, their promises? Half the time the promises were never asked of them in the first place. And yet the wars that were fought over such things, the hearts broken and the lands ruined..!

I am a scholar. My only monarch is truth.

Yes, look," said Martine. "The Other has played his knight.

I pray that I lose my voice before my tongue ever shames me.