Honor Quotes - Page 5

• Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.

  Jacques-Benigne Bossuet

  Eye, Precious Stones, Suffering

  "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations" by Edward C. Goodman, Ted Goodman, (p. 411), 1997.

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• Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

  Ben Jonson

  Hate, Men, Hats

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.207

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• It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

  Jimmy Carter

  Inspirational, Life, Beauty

  Jimmy Carter (1988). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, Bantam

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• The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Leadership, Eye, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.96, Harvard University Press

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• Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Fickle, Opinion, Unstable

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• The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Truth, Lying, Character

  The Conduct of Life "Worship" (1860)

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• Honor is but an empty bubble.

  John Dryden

  Empty, Bubbles

  John Dryden (2013). “Selected Poems”, p.89, Courier Corporation

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• Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Graduation, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

  Decimius Magnus Ausonius

  Men, Memorial, Gains

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• Here's an encouraging word for someone tonight - don't think you're not doing what God called you to do just because things don't seem as glamorous as you thought they would be. If you are a woman who honors God right where you are, you are in ministry. Keep being obedient, keep looking for the next open door of opportunity, and above all else hold closely to our Lord.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Opportunity, Thinking, Doors

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jan 27, 2015

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• The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?

  Saint Augustine

  Falling In Love, Puff, World

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• Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

  Thomas Huxley

  Trust, Time, Truth

  Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.255, Cambridge University Press

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• The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.

  Ralph Bunche

  Respect, Peace, Freedom

  "Some Reflections on Peace in Our Time". Ralph Bunche's Nobel lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1950.

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• ...we must remain hopeful that for our children and our children's children, that we are not a warring nation, but we will embrace and practice true compassion and honor the ideals of peace and freedom, and we will not give up.

  Jessica Lange

  Peace, Children, Giving Up

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• No festival of martial glory or warrior's renown is this; no pageant pomp of war-like conquest, no glory of fratricidal strife attend this day. It is dedicated to peace, civilization and the triumphs of industry. It is a demonstration of fraternity and the harbinger of a better age-a more chivalrous time, when labor shall be best honored and well rewarded.

  Peter J. McGuire

  War, Civilization, Age

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• Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Father, Men

  Barack Obama's Father’s Day speech, www.nytimes.com. June 15, 2008.

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• I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.

  Richard Lovelace

  Military, Thee, Dear

  "To Lucasta, Going to theWars" l. 11 (1649)

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• Why should honor outlive honestly? Orthello

  William Shakespeare

  Should, Honestly

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• Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

  John Dryden

  Nice, Soil, Bears

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• Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind,
  To follow rule and climb the stately chair.

  George Peele

  Mind, Spurs, Chairs

  Robert Greene, George Peele (1861). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene and George Peele: With Memoirs of the Authors and Notes”, p.421

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• The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

  H. L. Mencken

  Regret, Character, Men

  Prejudices, Fourth Series ch. 11 (1924)

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• There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

  Robert E. Lee

  Integrity, Principles, Done

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• Who doesn’t respect and value his past, is not worth the honour of the present, and has no right to a future

  Jozef Pilsudski

  Respect, Future, Past

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• If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.

  Loren Cunningham

  Christian, Fear, Heaven

  Loren Cunningham (1997). “Making Jesus Lord: The Dynamic Power of Laying Down Your Rights”, p.70, YWAM Publishing

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• For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.

  Neil Armstrong

  Moon, Simple, Night

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