Quotes about Honour

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Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned. — David Gemmell, Shield of Thunder
Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you tha — Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my coun — E.M. Forster, What I Believe and Other Essays
If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social r — Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can desc — Dorothy L. Sayers, The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
May I never dishonour the name of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
Titles does not make a man. But the grace of thanks. — Lailah Gifty Akita
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
We are souls, eternal and perfect, captains of our mystic ships: gods and goddesses of our universe. We are beautiful, w — Angie karan
Now I want you to remember something because I don't think we shall meet again very soon. It is this; however fashionabl — Robertson Davies, The Manticore
I know nothing about war. But let me tell you what I believe. I think running from responsibility breeds self-loathing a — Michael J. Sullivan, Age of Swords
But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into — James Clemens, Hinterland
Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Honour the way a stranger can make sense in your world. Most people have been around for years without shaking our core — Nikki Rowe
I didn't give up, I walked awayI had enough of accepting actions that were less than I deserved.So...I made a concious c — Nikki Rowe
He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, — Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
I can't go into a long explanation before company; but I couldn't help it, upon my honour."Upon your what?" growled Sike — Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can desc — Dorothy L. Sayers, The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be — David Gemmell, Shield of Thunder