Quotes about Honor

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man ... courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

Contrary to popular belief, love is actually a reflection of how much we 'honor' another person—for at its core genuine love is a decision, not a feeling.

If your parents bring you no shame, be very grateful. If you're proud of them, celebrate.

If you build a society in which children honor their parents, your society will long survive. And the corollary is: a society in which children do not honor their parents is doomed to self-destruction. In our time, this connection between honoring parents and maintaining civilization is not widely recognized.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.

Do right. Do your best.

With their pens, and no less great with their swords—fearing God very much, and fearing men very little,—they were a generation of men who have never received from their country the honor that they deserve.

Do we honor them for the extras? No, a thousand times no. We [honor them] because God gave us the charge to honor all.

Jesus wasn't seeking His own honor, but rather modeling the Honor Principle to the ones He was sent to.