Honor Quotes

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
Walter Bagehot

Long, Commerce, Prevails

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.
David D. Burns

Hero, Suffering, Playing

It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.
Branch Rickey

Leave, Behind, Heritage

Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day.
Allen West

Great, Country, Special

I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.
Sidney Sheldon

History, Integrity, Person

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
Walter Lippmann

Dangerous, Himself, Though

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.
Margaret Fuller

Life, Politics, Best

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in our military sets a powerful example of leadership, honor and sacrifice. Their spirit of community inspires us all.
Tom Vilsack

Leadership, Food, Powerful

I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt.
Joe Nichols

Play, Working, Off

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
Charles Schumer

Time, Remember, Liberty

A woman is a citizen who works for Mexico. We must not treat her differently from a man, except to honor her more.
Adolfo Lopez Mateos

Woman, Treat, Her

Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
Francis Quarles

Life, Soul, Action

True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
Saint Ignatius

Love, True, Suffering

I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I make sure that the women whose looks I admire all have sufficient fat reserves to survive a famine, and I make a lot of snide comments about the skeletal likes of Lara Flynn Boyle and Paris Hilton.
Ayelet Waldman

Women, Try, Wish

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.
Kathleen Turner

Society, Father, Thought

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
Jack Kevorkian

Care, Contempt, Cite

Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
Idris Elba

Change, Great, Why

You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child; but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.
Carly Simon

Great, Child, Hand

We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.
Willie Aames

God, Impact, Produce

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.
Steve Yzerman

Great, Perfect, Play

To give Tinker Bell a voice for the first time in history is such an honor.
Brittany Murphy

Time, History, Give

If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due.
Alveda King

Today, Giving, Here

We're reclaiming America and restoring honor. I believe we do that with faith, with hope, with charity, and honoring our brothers and our sisters as we honor each other.
Alveda King

Faith, Hope, America

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.
Martin Van Buren

Peace, Country, Rights

The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
Dustin Diamond

Days, Sword, Chivalry

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.
Philo

Giving, Give, Hoping

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
Barbara Tuchman

Different, Eyes, Coats

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.
Marguerite de Valois

Woman, Another, She

Without money honor is merely a disease.
Jean Racine

Money, Disease, Merely

I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
Ozzy Osbourne

Down, Cannot, Turn

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