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Quotes About Honor

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.
~ Thomas Carlyle
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
~ Aeschylus
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
~ Eric Sevareid
Justice will prevail!
~ Tsugumi Ohba
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
~ Bertolt Brecht
The law often permits what honor prohibits.
~ Bernard-Joseph Saurin
Well, honor is the subject of my story.
~ William Shakespeare
Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners
~ Jasper Fforde
(About a cookbook...)- What about this one? Maids of Honor?- Weeelll, they starts OUT as Maids of Honor...but they ends up Tarts.
~ Terry Pratchett, Maskerade
I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal
~ Lynda Williams
[Will Turner] "You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement."[Captain Jack Sparrow] "...that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?
~ Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio
I'm not obliged to defend your dignity. Provided you have any.
~ Rachel Caine, Last Breath
Princes have but their titles for their glories, An outward honor for an inward toil; And, for unfelt imaginations, They often feel a world of restless cares.
~ William Shakespeare
Of course! The path to heaven doesn't lie down in flat miles. It's in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it.
~ Mary Oliver
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.
~ Edward Gibbon
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
~ Thurgood Marshall
The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
~ Mark Twain
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
~ John Fletcher
You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.
~ Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon
I feel that I'm very blessed. But with great blessings come great responsibility.
~ Kanye West
Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.
~ James Shirley
Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
~ Waylon Jennings