Quotes About Honor

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.

Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.

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.

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights. Noblesse oblige. 'To live as one likes is plebeian; the noble man aspires to order and law.'

Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions.

Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Publish not men's secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.