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Quotes About Honor

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
~ Norman Mailer
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
~ Norman Mailer
When the hour comes it is to remind him of a story. Synopsis: A French girl says to her suitor: "Did you ask my father for my hand at nine o'clock this morning, as you said you would?" "I did not," he. replies. "At nine o'clock I was fighting a duel with swords in the Bois de Boulogne." "Coward!" she hisses.
~ O. Henry
Also, he set great store on a man doing right by his family.
~ Olive Ann Burns
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Where commerce and capitalism are invloved, often times, morality and honor sink to the bottom-Oliver Goldsmith paraphrased
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Heros aren't defined by the way they die but how they live.
~ Oliver North
For some, a hero wears a spandex suit and a cape. My heroes wear flak jackets, flight suits, and combat boots.
~ Oliver North
we shall acquit ourselves with honor, that we may never bring shame upon our faith, our families, or our fellow men.
~ Oliver North
I believe in the meaning of honor and integrity. I am an action person who feels personally responsible for making any changes in this world that are in my power . . . because if I don't, no one else will. — Mike Spann, excerpt from his CIA application
~ Oliver North
out your mission and keep your honor clean.
~ Oliver North
the U.S. Army's seven core values embody the very qualities contained in Paul's first letter to the church he had planted in Corinth: Leadership, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.
~ Oliver North
there is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It is why you where born and how you become most truly alive
~ Oprah Winfrey
When we hold secrets it creates shame, and shame is a great barrier to success. When you carry the shame you do not allow yourself to fulfill your greatest potential, you do not honour the truth of yourself, you do not honour your highest self. When you let go of the secret, only then you live to your greatest potential.
~ Oprah Winfrey
When we hold secrets it creates shame, and shame is a great barrier to success because when you carry the shame you do not allow yourself to fulfill your greatest potential, you do not honour the truth of yourself, you do not honour what is your highest self. When you let go of the secret allows you to live to your full potential.
~ Oprah Winfrey
There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. Its why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.
~ Oprah Winfrey
big proclamations about honor are really just excuses invented to let people kill each other with a clear conscience.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Herkesin bildiÄŸi gibi ÅŸeref meselesi gibi laflar asl?nda insanlar?n birbirlerini gönül rahatl???yla öldürmeleri için icat edilmiÅŸ bahanelerdir.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Personal nobility is greater than any calling, or any reward that it can bring.
~ Orison Swett Marden
I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.
~ Orson Scott Card
The most noble title any child can have, Demosthenes wrote, is third.
~ Orson Scott Card
Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.
~ Orson Scott Card
He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.
~ Orson Scott Card
But Father has also taught him: Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.
~ Orson Scott Card