Quotes of Honor - somelinesforyou

“ Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. ”

- Ben Jonson

“ The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. ”

- Jewish Proverb

“ An honor is not diminished for being shared. ”

- Lois McMaster Bujold

“ Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards. ”

- Lois McMaster Bujold

“ If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? ”

- Lois McMaster Bujold

“ Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. ”

- Lois McMaster Bujold

“ Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. ”

- Oprah Winfrey

“ What is left when honor is lost? ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Honor does not have to be defended. ”

- Robert J. Sawyer

“ Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people. ”

- Welsh proverb

“ All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears. ”

- Joaquin Miller

“ Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station. ”

- Joseph Addison

“ The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. ”

- Socrates

“ Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. ”

- George Washington

“ I don't see where this is a story. Everything Dr. Weir told senators about embryonic stem cell research was true. He just used the wrong video. ”

- Frank Murphy

“ O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Language has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone, and the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. ”

- Paul Tillich

“ Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ”

- William Cowper

“ Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. ”

- Nicolas Boileau

“ One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it. ”

- William Cowper

“ Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor. ”

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“ I see my reputation is at stake:My fame is shewdly gor'd. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ We rise in glory as we sink in pride.". ”

- Andrew Young

“ To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first or late, A work too great for fame. ”

- Mary Clemmer
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