"If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable."

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"When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death?Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Honor, Courage, Death, Meaning

"Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero's welcome, his father right behind him, despite the fact that Hades was only supposed to visit Olympus in winter solstice. The God of the dead looked stunned when his relatives clapped him on the back. I doubt he'd ever got such an enthusiastic welcome before."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Honor, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter."

Will Friedle, American Actor

Honor, Privilege

"If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm."

Christopher Paolini, American Author

Honor, War, Protection, Courage

"But you will win a fabulous honor!" Nike reached into a basket at her side and produced a wreath of thick green laurels. "This crown of leaves could be yours! You can wear it on your head! Think of the glory!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Honor, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

"Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor..."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Honor, Violence, Defense, Courage

"As a sign of utmost gratitude for his contributions to the Indian society in restoring equal rights of the citizens, I confer him (B.R. Ambedkar) the title "Martin Luther King Jr. of India."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Honor, Justice, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

"O my brothers, I dedicate and direct you to a new nobility: you shall become procreators and cultivators and sowers of the future - verily, not to a nobility that you might buy like shopkeepers and with shopkeepers' gold: for whatever has its price has little value. Not whence you came shall henceforth constitute your honor, but whither you are going! Your will and your foot which has a will to go over and beyond yourselves - that shall constitute your new honor."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Honor, Nobility, Future, Will

"We are only qualified for God's glory when we glorify people."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Honor, Glory, God, People

"Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Honor, Selflessness, Humility, Truth

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"For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people."

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"I had the honor and privilege of working with John Ritter."

"If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm."

"But you will win a fabulous honor!" Nike reached into a basket at her side and produced a wreath of thick green laurels. "This crown of leaves could be yours! You can wear it on your head! Think of the glory!"

"Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor..."

"As a sign of utmost gratitude for his contributions to the Indian society in restoring equal rights of the citizens, I confer him (B.R. Ambedkar) the title "Martin Luther King Jr. of India."

"We are only qualified for God's glory when we glorify people."

"Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man."

Explore more quotes by Thomas More

"'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone."

"To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life."

"My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me."

"I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first."

"The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing."

"By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life."

"A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady."

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself."

"An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man."

"For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people."