Quotes About Honor

The great honor of Christianity, its incontestable merit, and the whole secret of its unprecedented and yet thoroughly legitimate triumph, lay in the fact that it appealed to that suffering and immense public to which the ancient world, a strict and cruel intellectual and political aristocracy, denied even the simplest rights of humanity.

You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just going to hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for-- thats how you gain respect. but little one aint nobody's respect worth more than your own

That's because my show is on a major network and you can't show all that stuff, and also because my dad is alive and I would like to have lunch with him without feeling mired in dishonor.

Rune: "They're getting away!" Thatz: "Our Dragon Knights honor is at stake! Let's get 'em!" Rath: "'Dragon Knights honor'? Really?

I bless God daily for the bonds of affection that have held us together and brought us through the pestilence. To be loved and honored for who we are, and not what our status represents, is surely the lesson He wanted us to learn when he sent His son to live as a carpenter and not as a king. The future will be bright indeed when even the humblest are given the chance to prove their worth.

Watching a performance of warriors, I was told, "This fighter's tradition is six hundred years old." And I saw a performance so mired in ritual— As if nothing valid had happened in six hundred years. We must honor the classical without being irrelevant.

Wealthy is he who is rich in his nobles. Speak truth in your house.

sve za obraz, a obraz ni za Å¡to! Glavu daj, a obraza ne daj!

A particular young woman became critically important in the working out of our salvation precisely because she was and remains a woman. Thus, all women—because they are women—share in the honor and dignity of that one young woman. It was a young woman that the Creator of the universe chose, and upon whose word he waited, before the course of salvation could continue.

Although the operators fought the battle and by all accounts saved about twenty American lives, because they were neither CIA staffers nor active military personnel they were deemed ineligible for even higher awards, awards that went to other men who played smaller roles and never fired a shot. As

Distinguished Intelligence Cross, the highest honor bestowed by the CIA. The award goes to clandestine service members for "a voluntary act or acts of extraordinary heroism involving the acceptance of existing dangers with conspicuous fortitude and exemplary courage.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

the press hailed him as "the Genius of Freedom," on a par with Sumner and Lincoln himself.

Mio padre pensò che tutti gli uomini, nell'attimo prima di morire, meritano rispetto.

Tirati su, le ginocchia di un uomo sono preziose, non bisogna piegarle davanti a nessuno!

Self-respect knows no considerations.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Monsieur, c'est trop d'honneur que vous me voulez faire; Mais l'amitié demande un peu plus de mystère, Et c'est assurément en profaner le nom Que de vouloir le mettre à toute occasion. Avec lumière et choix cette union veut naître; Avant que nous lier, il faut nous mieux connaître, Et nous pourrions avoir telles complexions, Que tous deux du marché nous nous repentirions.

Trahi de toutes parts, accablé d'injustices, Je vais sortir d'un gouffre où triomphent les vices ; Et chercher sur la terre un endroit écarté Où d'être homme d'honneur, on ait la liberté.

To give good colour to his acts against you;

Everything is equally endowed with great merit, so that it is no longer an honor to be lauded.

To esteem everyone is to esteem no one