Honour Quotes

• Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Moving On, Perseverance

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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• There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

  Abu Bakr

  Humility, Greatness, Contentment

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• Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

  Ishida Mitsunari

  Wisdom, Respect, Winning

  "Fictional character: Mitsunari Ishida". Video Game "Samurai Warriors", 2004.

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• Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports

  Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

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• The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Winning, Training, Desire

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Truth, Men, Never Forget

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• Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Honor, Deeds

  Christopher Marlowe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe (Illustrated)”, p.1004, Delphi Classics

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• Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inward, Conscience

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, p.62, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

  Joseph Addison

  Death, Honor, Thousand

  "Cato, A Tragedy". Play by Joseph Addison, 1713.

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• Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  God, Christian, Prayer

  Edward McKendree Bounds, Lyle W. Dorsett (1991). “E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• I do not want a husband who honors me as a queen if he does not love me as a woman.

  Elizabeth I

  Love, Queens, Husband

  "The Public Speaking of Queen Elizabeth: Selections from Her Official Addresses".

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  Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

  Alexander Pope

  Lying, Honor, Theatre

  Alexander Pope (1819). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death”, p.104

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• Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Honesty, People

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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• Honour sits smiling at the sale of truth.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Honor

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.195, JHU Press

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

  John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

  History, Ifs

  Greenock, 19 September 1853.

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• The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.

  Joseph Addison

  Honor, Mind, Example

  Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.183

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• Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.

  Christopher Marlowe

  Spring, Keys, Virtue

  'Tamburlaine the Great' (1590) pt. 1, act 4, sc. 4

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• I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

  Lloyd Banks

  Loyalty, Honorable Man, Important

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• The harder the world, the fiercer the honour.

  Steven Erikson

  World, Harder

  "Memories of Ice". Book by Steven Erikson, December 6, 2001.

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• That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.

  Ben Kingsley

  Ease, Flesh, Longing

  "I can do anything" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2001.

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• Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.

  Marie de France

  Anger, Wrath, Wish

  Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.218, The Floating Press

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• But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Leader, Proposal, Accepting

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• But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

  Robert Falcon Scott

  Country, Giving, Appeals

  Robert Falcon Scott, Max Jones (2008). “Journals: Captain Scott's Last Expedition”, p.422, Oxford University Press

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