Honor Quotes

“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being worthy of respect.”

“Fight honorably,win honorably,and lose honorably.To fail honorably is betterthan to succeed dishonorably.”

“There is no honor for God without honor for His people”

“Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.”

“All aspects of honor derive from honesty. A liar cannot truly be honorable, for where is the honor in deception?”

“I know precisely what honor is, Heracles. Honor is the artifice kings sell the peasants’ sons so that they may fight and die without pay. Honor is what drives a peaceful man to bloody vengeance. Honor is what drove the Celts to behead the children of the Apache Courts.- (The Egyptian God) Bes”

“Desperaux," she said. He saw his name on her lips."I honor you," whispered Desperaux. "I honor you.”

“Keep to your precious honor. Rather die than sully it. There is only honor in a man's life and the rest is meaningless gibberish.”

“Honor must start in the heart, but if it ends there, it isn’t honor. Honor must be expressed through words, symbols, actions, or gestures. Honor is among the most incarnational of the virtues. It must have feet and hands.”