Quotes about Honor

Even when there is no law, there is conscience.

If I ran a retail store, which I have done in my life, I would go into it from a place of "I am thrilled to be here, and I am honored to be able to serve other people."

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy

Here lies one who feared God so much that he never feared the face of any man.

As to my followers, I wish no man to follow me who is not sound at the heart in the cause of his country; and either at the head or in the ranks of these, I will always consider it my glory to be found.

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always made countless sacrifices as they cared for and nurtured us through our infancy and childhood, provided us with the necessities of life, and nursed us through physical illnesses and the emotional stresses of growing up.

Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.