Quotes About Honor

No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.

Malo Mori Quam Foedari: I would rather die then be dishonored.

Mi señora -dijo Marco, inclinándose ante ella-, vuestra radiante belleza ha sido para mí una brillante estrella que me ha guiado hasta la victoria. Os suplico que vuestros luminosos rayos consientan rozar mi oscuro y triste corazón, arrancándolo de las profundas tinieblas en las que se halla sin vuestro favor. Os ruego aceptéis que os ofrezca mi esfuerzo de hoy, y perdonéis mi atrevimiento al solicitaros que me admitaís como vuestro caballero.

Few societies treasured dignity, and feared humiliation, as did the Japanese, for whom a loss of honor could merit suicide. This is likely one of the reasons why Japanese soldiers in World War II debased their prisoners with such zeal, seeking to take from them that which was most painful and destructive to lose.

Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.

Love is too precious to be ashamed of.

You have to give respect to get respect.

When you make a solemn promise to a friend, it ain't right to go back on it. No. Never let your friend down, never break a trust, and when you give your word, never go back on it. -Sheriff Andy Taylor

There was nothing the least bit radical about her. In fact, she was the most conventional creature alive. She believed in true love, and loyalty to one's monarch, and death before dishonor. It was just that, sometimes, things didn't quite turn out as one would have wished. In those cases, there was nothing to do but carry on. And on and on and on.

On the strength of his reputation as a soldier, nobleman

a Magellan loyalist, he resisted the temptation to hear or repeat any ill concerning his beloved captain.

spare his own life by beheading his master.

King Charles conferred the title of captain on both Magellan and Faleiro.

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current

The with forbidden the death of warriors

Should they be thanked or does thanks drive them away? "You honor us," she stammered. "We request your help.

and your sense of personal authenticity and power should be resolved into virtue.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead the living have no right to forget.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

Let those I serve express their thanks according to their own upbringing and sense of honor. "The Wisdom of the Native Americans" By Kent Nerburn

There exist only three beings worthy of respect the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

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

Ethics is a dream.

They say the average number of days of actual combat for a veteran is around eighty. By the time the war was over the Army told me I had 411 combat days, which entitled me to $20 extra