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Honor Quotes



"My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's."


"The real reason I run is to bring honor to Jesus."


"But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."



"In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall."


"As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others as well as those who appreciate the rule of law and honor it."


"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!"


"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."


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


"GETTING KILLED BY TARTARUS didn't seem like much of an honor. As Annabeth stared up at his dark whirlpool face, she decided she'd rather die in some less memorable way-maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at age eighty, after a nice quiet life with Percy. Yes, that sounded good."


"When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show."


"Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought."


"It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing."


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


"It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot."


"Eagle rises to the top of the precipice with its wings; man, to the top of the honour, with his morals!"


"Men never understand what honor is, though they're always talking about it."


"Equality before the enemy -that is the main condition to fight a fair duel. Where you have contempt, you cannot wage war; where you are in command, where you can see someone beneath you, you should not wage war."


"Talk of unusual swell of waist In maid of honor loosely laced."


"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."


"Ian was a good man-honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings, no matter how intense or gratifying they might be. He would never betray Harrowbeth. He would never cheat Derian or Angelle. He would never deceive his queen, even if in so doing he would find a love and happiness they both longed to share. His commitment to what he saw as right meant more."


"Pointing fingers, trying to catch each other in scandal does not bring honor to this House."


"She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration the first time she saw him outfitted in his dress blues."


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


"Thinking about the bed leaves you horny, but thinking beyond the bed gives you honor, freedom and wisdom."


"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."


"I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it."


"Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold."
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