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Quotes About Honor

If you can't Respect her, you don't Deserve Her!
~ Udayveer Singh
My father had two favorite sayings. One is a saying about samurai. It is a kind of proverb that says a samurai must keep to a higher standard than the common man. Even if he has nothing to eat, he pretends that he has plenty, meaning that a samurai never lets go of his pride.
~ Mineko Iwasaki
IndiscreÈ›iile acestea strig?toare la cer pe care le fac uneori scriitorii prin c?rÈ›ile lor sunt, poate, un omagiu adus femeii pe care au iubit-o È™i pe care, de cele mai multe ori f?r? voia lor, au f?cut-o s? sufere. Cum s?-È™i cear? mai des?vârÈ™it iertare, cum s-o omagieze mai luminos È™i mai sincer decât scriind? Nu pot face altceva. Nu se pot ruga, de pild?, nu pot cânta...
~ Mircea Eliade
Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to. Sometimes because they want to. Always, they fell they are supposed to.
~ Mitch Albom
respected man once said, that the
~ Mitch Albom
Glaring is something we men of Lahore take seriously...
~ Mohsin Hamid
There is no forgiveness in ancestor worship, only retribution and eternal debt.
~ Monique Truong
It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due
~ Muriel Spark
It's a matter of honor, death. It's your white page, do you see? Or your shame. Either you're worthy of it or you ain't. To accept it, to face it with honor and respect and goodwill, to earn it, that is to be brave.
~ N. Scott Momaday
Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think [and speak] about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others" (Phil. 4:8 LB).
~ Nancy C. Anderson
Thy mother honored us. We do not forget. - The yarthkin, to Thorgil
~ Nancy Farmer
Honoring the dead begins with telling the truth. And the truth is that there is nothing natural about this disaster [Hurricane Maria]. And if you believe in God, leave her out of this too.
~ Naomi Klein
Maximus] put his head down and said in a conspiratorial whisper, "Tell Temeraire that Lily and I have not forgotten our promise; we will not let them hang you at all. Laurence stared up at the immense Regal Copper. All his crew looked deeply distressed, as well they might, the outlaw remark being perfectly audible several clearings over.
~ Naomi Novik
he would not neglect what he considered his duty for the sake of being liked.
~ Naomi Novik
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness.
~ Napoleon Hill
Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
You must wait patiently, knowing that you're waiting, and knowing what you're waiting for. That is the warrior's way. And if it is a matter of fulfilling your promise then you must be aware that you are fulfilling it. Then a time will come when your waiting will be over and you will no longer have to honor your promise.
~ Carlos Castaneda
a man of knowledge has no honor, no dignity, no family, no name, no country, but only life to be lived, and under these circumstances his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly. Thus
~ Carlos Castaneda
Permaneció al lado de sus amigos porque pensaba que ésa era su obligación. Le mató la lealtad a gentes, cuando les llegó la hora, le traicionaron. Nunca te fíes de nadie, Daniel, especialmente de la gente a la que admiras. Ésos son los que te pegarán las peores puñaladas…
~ Carlos Ruiz
There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hay decepciones que honran a quien las inspira.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hay épocas y lugares en los que no ser nadie es más honorable que ser alguien.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon