"Honor lies in honest toil."

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"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

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"I have tried so hard to do right."

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"He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor."

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"Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours."

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"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."

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"I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind."

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"A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves."

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