"All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

Honor, Self, Wounds

24

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

Exlpore more Honor quotes

"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Honor,

"The difference between a moral person and a person of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, made out of weakness and tries to make amends with their life when they find the opportunity to say they are sorry is lost."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Honor, Truth, Regret, Life

"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

"There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Honor, Forgiveness, Women, Men

"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

"I carried out my plan because I felt The Chief had some fear of those of my race, of those uncountable forebears whose culmination lies in me. I wished to prove to him that a yellow man could save his armies."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Honor, Racism, Identity, War

"And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of [the strangers'] smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had the power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Honor, Memory, Goodwill, Power

"Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers- past & present."

Eleesha, British Author

Honor, Motherhood, Respect, Gratitude

"Don't start a fight if you can't duke it out. Either win or concede but whatever you do, don't have others fight for you."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Honor, Conflict, Truth, Courage, Responsibility

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

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Honor, Selflessness, Humility, Truth

Explore more quotes by Andrew Carnegie

"Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."

Power

"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit."

Business

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

Survival

"You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best."

Heart

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it."

Leadership

"Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something."

Act

"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."

Ability

24

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Honor quotes

"Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost."

"The difference between a moral person and a person of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, made out of weakness and tries to make amends with their life when they find the opportunity to say they are sorry is lost."

"There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot."

"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..."

"I carried out my plan because I felt The Chief had some fear of those of my race, of those uncountable forebears whose culmination lies in me. I wished to prove to him that a yellow man could save his armies."

"Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers- past & present."

"Don't start a fight if you can't duke it out. Either win or concede but whatever you do, don't have others fight for you."

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

Explore more quotes by Andrew Carnegie

"Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."

"No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit."

"Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration."

"The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it."

"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best."

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

"You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best."

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it."

"Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something."

"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."