Quotes About Honor

To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.

And die with decency.

Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join them in whatever comes next.

Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it.

But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.

I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.

After I am dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die.

To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren't — open your ears at your funeral.

A man of your valor deserves not another breath.

Never shame your comrades by letting their death get you killed

My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.

When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.

One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.

The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Mather smiles at me through it, some of his tension softening before he drops his head in a small bow. "My queen, " he says in response.

The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

The natural state of a human being is dignity.

No one can dub you with dignity. That's yours to claim.