Quotes About Honor

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.

Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.

The slight reproach to which the virtue of patriotism is commonly liable, the noble are most likely to incur.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

I know the prettiest word in the world is 'money.' But I believe that words like 'loyalty' and 'patriotism' are very beautiful as well.

I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom because that's all dung to a soldier.

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism.

Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism.

Never be ashamed of your patriotism.

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of stealing from a poor box

On my honor, I will do my bestTo do my duty To God and my country

A land is precious, but ours is to be revered.

Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute.

If you're ashamed to stand by your colours, you better seek for another flag.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.