Quotes About Honor

Weakness is not treason, though it may be equally disastrous.

Everything was duty. It was not merely that nothing else mattered. There was nothing else. One did one's duty as well as one possibly could, be it great or small, and naturally one deserved no reward.

The fighting man has a grim sense of justice, which it is dangerous to affront.

would be wrong not to lay the lessons of the past before the future. Let no one look down on those honourable, well-meaning men whose actions are chronicled in these pages, without searching his own heart, reviewing his own discharge of public duty, and applying the lessons of the past to his future conduct.

Promotion should always go by merit, not by age, for services and not for service.

Oare insuficenÈ›a,afiÈ™at? ziua în amiaza mare,setoas? de onoruri,poate fi s?n?toas? È™i oare nu trebuie s? provoace sughiÈ›uri naturii?

Let mercy keep company with courage. Follow my advice in this: if in battle you win a man's surrender, then unless he has done you such grievance as amounts to heart's sorrow, accept his oath, and let him live.

If a man has been your teacher for a day, you should treat him as your father for the rest of his life.

whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.

I once heard you say that dealing with gods and dealing with men weren't such different things. A prince, you taught me, should honor both gods and men during his days of good fortune, so that both men and gods will remember him in his time of need."   True

the shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be: and if you observe, you will find that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them. 

In heaven's name, let us not wait for other people to come to us and call upon us to do great deeds. Let us instead be the first to summon the rest to a path of honor.

it is no disgrace but honourable rather to steal, except such things as the law forbids;

Remember too," I added, "that getting rid of scoundrels ends the danger of contamination for the rest of the army. Men are drawn closer to virtue when they see the dishonor that falls on misleaders.

Nil magnum nisi bonum. Tak ada kemuliaan tanpa kebajikan.

I lived a good life and though not a religious man I always stuck to my own personal code of ethics, ethos and always stuck to my shoreline and true North. I didnt need the US Navy to instill Honor, Courage, and Commitment in me but I thank them for re-enforcing it. Its in my DNA.

Those of you who go along to get along have no backbone and destroy the foundation of courage. You are the enablers of those who are guilty of misconduct. You are just as guilty as those who break the code of ethics and oath you swore.

Do what is right and be prepared to pay the price.

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

There is no shame in losing to the sword of the Prince. There is only shame in choosing not to follow Him.

One of my questions?' Dalton asked. 'Yes ... one of many that keep you from having the heart of a Knight of the Prince. You must face all of them, Dalton. The King and His Son are not afraid of questions.

I promise loyalty. I promise secrecy. And I promise courage.

Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.