Honor Quotes

Honor, how much we fight with weakness to preserve thee!

Honor isn’t about making the right choices. It’s about dealing with the consequences.

Knighthoods and honors, borne As I wear mine, are titles but of scorn. If that thy gentry, Britain, go before This lout as he exceeds our lords, the odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. (Cymbeline)

I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.

Ovation, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser “triumph.”

What a people bows before tell us what it is.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. – It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.

I don’t fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you’ve done in the past. And I like to keep looking forward.

“So this word of honor business – you believe he never breaks it?” “Well – ” “He does, then.” “I have seen him do so. But the cost was huge.” “He breaks it for a price, then.” “Not for a price. At a cost.” “I fail to see the distinction.” “A price is something you […]