Quotes About Honor

Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax

Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.

Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

True courage is born only when it is accompanied by justice.

Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

Courage is doing your duty in the face of fear.

But courage without conduct is the virtue of a robber, or a tyrant.

Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.

And no-one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves.

It is held that valor is the chiefest virtue, and most dignifies the haver.

Where I could not be honest, I never yet was valiant.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. –Aristotle

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue that it is always respected even when it is associated with vice.