Quotes About Honor

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

Good moral character is the first essential in a man.

A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

A man who honors God privately will show it by making good decisions publicly.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly.

If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out?

An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

Folks can believe what they like but eventually a man's got to declare if he's going to do what is right.

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.

Even great men can be corrupted

But in the hero ne'er forget the man.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

I try to act as a man of character if no one is watching or if the world is watching.

Each man is for his lord, do not give chase.