Quotes About Honor

We bring God glory by worshiping him. Worship is our first responsibility to God. We worship God by enjoying him.

Discretion being the better part of valour

Kate DiCamillo

Desperaux, she said. He saw his name on her lips. I honor you, whispered Desperaux. I honor you.

Honor you? he breathed. Sweetest Erienne, how could I not? You are ever in my thoughts, bending me, plucking at the fibers of my mind. The man inside me trembles whenever you're near, and I groan with agony for the touch of your hand laid upon me in a soft caress.

We are only as noble as our actions prove us to be.

Be proud. Be proud you are a soldier. Be proud you are a woman.

What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.

Then he took the sword in both hands and raised it—and Gawain's posture took on an unmistakable grandeur.

What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of this inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public'.

The Fates teleported me to the ascended angels staff lounge. It wasn't called that, naturally. We weren't staff. This wasn't a job. It was a calling. An honor. A noble mission. Bullshit.

Marriage is a promise. You can't keep a promise only when it suits you. You have to keep it against your inclination. That's what it means.

Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.

A person who breaks a promise diminishes herself. It's like losing a finger. It's worse than being paralyzed, which is merely physical. Someone whose promises are worthless has a disabled soul.

A Woodrow Wilson no lo amedrentaba la guerra. Su obra de teatro favorita era Enrique V, de Shakespeare, y le gustaba la cita: Si es pecado codiciar el honor, soy el mayor de todos los pecadores.

Juré a mi padre, cuando se estaba muriendo, que cuidaría de Richard hasta que llegara a ser conde de Shiring - explicó. ¡Pero puede ser que eso no ocurra nunca! Un juramento es un juramento. Es imposible que creas tal cosa -dijo él-. ¡Un juramento sólo son palabras! No es nada en comparación con esto. Esto es real, esto somos tú y yo.

person who breaks a promise diminishes herself. It's like losing a finger. It's worse than being paralyzed, which is merely physical. Someone whose promises are worthless has a disabled soul.

A woman would always prefer to be remembered than forgotten.

The worst thing of all would be to disgrace himself. He was more afraid of that than of dying.

serviced this

There were certain things one had to do before one could really call oneself a man, and fighting for king and country was among them. They

La lección, para unos muchachos como vosotros, es que puede haber más honor en la sumisión y en la obediencia que en una imprudente rebelión.

Si es pecado codiciar el honor, soy el mayor de todos los pecadores».

Decía que la integridad personal es como una espada: no debería blandirse hasta el momento de ponerla a prueba.