Quotes About Honor

Thirteen men were banded together in Paris under the Empire, all imbued with one and the same sentiment, all gifted with sufficient energy to be faithful to the same thought, with sufficient honor among

There comes an age when the only mistress a man can serve is his country.

It is very humiliating to ask," remarked Philippe; "I would rather see you taking as I do, without a word; it shows more confidence. In the army, if a comrade dies, and has a good pair of boots, and you have a bad pair, you change, that's all." "Yes, but you don't take them while he is living.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country.

Grant me, sound of body and of mind, to pass an old age lacking neither honor nor the lyre.

Geronimo [is]...an example of our practice of destroying those who oppose us and then honoring them.

That was what living a serious life meant, wasn't it, honoring the gravity of things by not pretending they were light?

enough. Standing for an ovation at a baseball game is not enough. To do right by our veterans—to recognize their value to our society and fulfill our solemn obligation to those who volunteered to protect the rest of us—we first have to understand what they have accomplished and what they offer our nation.

For the words of a vow are sacred not only among men and the angels, but among the demons as well.

Honor and dignity of man is only in virtue and piety.

Death with honor is better than a life of degradation.

They were expendable.

No duty is ignoble. What can be ignoble is the sight of people trying not to be ignoble.

Saying of the Prophet Privacy Whoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them.

The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.

DEBER Ningún deber es innoble. Lo que puede ser innoble es el espectáculo de gente que trata de no ser innoble.

Los corazones de los nobles son las tumbas de las confidencias.

Never promise, even by implication, without fulfilling your promise. The only acceptable alternative to completing an undertaking is to over-fulfil it. To betray any promise, explicit or otherwise, will harm you more than it can harm anyone else.

La generosidad se caracteriza por hacer lo que uno dice que hará. Saadi enseña: "Cuando los generosos prometen, cumplen.

Dicho del Profeta Intimidad Quien invade la intimidad de las personas, las corrompe.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

If you take the pay, earn it. Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don't disappoint yourself.

American soldiers must know the reason for their sacrifices. Our GIs are not vassals or mercenaries. They are the nation's sons and daughters. We put their lives at risk only for worthy objectives. If the duty of the soldier is to risk his life, the responsibility of his leaders is not to spend that life in vain.