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Honor Quotes


"It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind."


"The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction."


"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."



"Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child."



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


"If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort."



"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."


"Fame is something which must be won honour is something which must not be lost."



"A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so."



"He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so."



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


"Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero."


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


"We will carry your message. May your swords stay sharp," said Brom."And yours."


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


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


"Our elders, and our elders' kin, and their kin before them, fought to keep Sunningrocks in our territory. Many of them lost their lives, giving up their last breath for stones that belong to us. Can we give up where they did not, turn tail and flee when they kept fighting so that their kits could hunt and play and bask on these rocks? Will you fight with me now, in honor of all our elders and all our unborn kits?"


"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."


"Do you think the memory of someone should dictate how we live going forward?' he asks, threading and unthreading his fingers together.'It depends,' I say. 'I think you can probably honor someone's memory, but you can't live for them, because that means living in the past."


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


"Darius began to walk away, but as if he thought better of it, turned back to face Wharick. He stared into the Gwardian's eyes for a moment and then spoke quietly. 'If ever a blade comes that close to my neck brother, the only debt you owe me is to make sure it connects."


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


"I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account."



"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."



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


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