Quotes About Honor

To keep dignity, and give honor when it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace.

But then, I would rather be mocked for doing a good thing than to be respected, knowing I have done wrong.

He did what he thought was right

Treat a man as if he had a fine reputation to protect, and he will usually endeavor to deserve it.

You honor our humble abode,' said Bean. 'I do, don't I,' said Peter with a smile.

He was always just mad enough to take treaties seriously. Honor, you know. I don't have any.

It's laugh or cry, said Rigg. Cry then. Give the old man his due.

Too proud to change your name in exchange for a job. Not proud, sir, said Runnel. But Runnel of Farzibeck won't die here to have a waterless coward rise in his place.

I would rather be mocked for doing a good thing than to be respected, knowing I have done wrong.

On the contrary—there can be no greater honor to a parent than to have a child who is greater.

From a friend you need to take crap. But I'm not your friend. I'm your father. And nobody needs to take crap from their father.

And I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all; the ultimate sacrifice is willingly bearing the fullest penalty for your own actions.

Conservar la dignidad y mostrar respeto donde es debido, para que la derrota no sea una deshonra.

I didn't fight with honor,' Ender added. 'I fought to win.

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

Duty is what one expects from others.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I'd do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn't an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity.

Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.