Quote Lady's Quotes by Subject, Honor

Honor

Ability without honor is useless.--Marcus Tullius Cicero
The biggest need in politics and government today is for people of integrity and courage, who will do what they believe is right and not worry about the political consequences to themselves.--Reva Beck Bosone
Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family, and country; such as the individual, honor, and religion.--R. P. Lebret
Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.--Julia Ward Howe (Peace proclamation, London, 1870)
Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.--Mario Andretti (in "A Moment With A Legend" by Zino)
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.--Tacitus (Annals)
Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.--Lauren Bacall
Give truth, and your gift will be paid in kind,
And honor will honor meet;
And the smile which is sweet will surely find
A smile that is just as sweet.--Madeline S. Bridges
Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.--Lao Tzu
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.--Walter Lippmann (A Preface to Morals)
Honor and shame from no condition rise
Act well your part: there all the honor lies.--Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man)
Honor is not something we take upon ourselves, but that which is freely given by others.--Michael Rawls
Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.--Akhenaton
Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.--Pliny the Younger (Letters)
Honor wears different coats to different eyes.--Barbara Tuchman
I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.--Hans Christian Andersen
I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family and a few old friends... letting the world roll on as it likes, than to occupy the most splendid post which any human power can give.--Thomas Jefferson
If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs.--Millicent Fenwick
Integrity can neither be lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by nor outlived nor, I believe, in the long run denied.--Eudora Welty ("Must the Novelist Crusade?" The Eye of the Story)
Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don’t.--Peter Scotese
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.--Mark Twain
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.--George Bush
Let the honor of thy fellow be as dear to thee as thine own.--Talmud
Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that which deserves our respect; that not the station itself; but the worthy fulfillment of its duties does honor the man.--Mary Lyon
Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.--John W. Gardner ("The aims of a Free People" Excellence)
Namaste - We honor others to validate that which is sacred, virtuous and wonderful in ourselves.--Michael Rawls
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honour.--Andrew Carnegie
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.--Calvin Coolidge
Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.--Thomas Jefferson
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.--Sophocles
Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave them birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the other ensures a good life.--Aristotle
There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.--Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain)
There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.--Abraham Lincoln
To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.--Confucius (The Analects)
Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.--Baltasar Gracián y Morales (The Worldly Art of Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle)
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.--Robert E. Lee
When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose?--Anne Bishop (Heir to the Shadows)
When honor comes to you, be ready to take it;
But reach not to seize it before it is near.--John Boyle O'Reilly (Rules of the Road)
Who sows virtue reaps honor.--Leonardo da Vinci (Note-books)
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.--Margaret Fuller (Summer on the Lakes)
The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest…--Sir Richard Steele
You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.--Marya Mannes (More in Anger)