Quotes about Honor

We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

Conscience in the soul is the root of all true courage. If a man would be brave, let him learn to obey his conscience.

The honor of a nation is its life.

Failure to honour God in the material realm cannot be compensated for by religiosity in the spiritual realm.

any one who had listened to Courfeyrac in 1828 would have thought he heard Tholomyes in 1817. Only, Courfeyrac was an honourable fellow. Beneath the apparent similarities of the exterior mind, the difference between him and Tholomyes was very great. The latent man which existed in the two was totally different in the first from what it was in the second. There was in Tholomyes a district attorney, and in Courfeyrac a paladin.

It was said of him that he had once been for a short time in Bedlam; they had done him the honour to take him for a madman, but had set him free on discovering that he was only a poet. This story was probably not true; we have all to submit to some such legend about us.

Ignominy thirsts for respect.

Venerate the man, whoever he may be, who has this sign—the starry eye.

There are people who read very loud, and who have the appearance of giving themselves their word of honor as to what they are perusing.

Home should be a haven of love. Honor, courtesy, and respect symbolize love and characterize the righteous family.

I will love you always, because you will always be worthy of love.

In addition to feeling excellent about yourself when you behave with character, you also earn the respect and esteem of all the people around you. They will look up to you and admire you. Doors will be opened for you. People will help you. You will be paid more, promoted faster, and given even greater responsibilities. As you become a person of honor and character, opportunities will appear all around you.