Quotes About Honor

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there; and to live under her command is more than to govern.

Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.

Only the poor are handicapped by honor.

Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.

Proud is the spirit of Zeus-fostered kings - their honor comes from Zeus, and Zeus, god of council, loves them.

I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor- not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

It's like church over here. It's like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama.

It was his soul's freedom that was in question. And that question was whether freedom was worth the price when it meant shirking the responsibilities of honor.

My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.

Arrogance is, as it were, a solicitation on the part of one seeking honor for followers, whom he thinks he is entitled to treat with contempt.

All the honors of men in a state of sleep are as nothing.

Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery.

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

It's an honor to be compared with Terry Bradshaw. If I could do half of what he did, I'd be very happy.