Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
—Mario Andretti (b.1940) Italian-born American Sportsperson
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
—David McCullough (1933–2022) American Historian
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Titles of honor are like the impressions on coin, which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.
—Laurence Sterne (1713–68) Irish Anglican Novelist, Clergyman
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
—Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) Scottish-American Industrialist
The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Be honorable with yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.
—Welsh Proverb
Honor is the reward of virtue.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
—Pliny the Elder (23–79CE) Roman Statesman, Scholar
Honor’s a sacred tie,—the noble mind’s distinguishing perfection, that aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, and imitates her actions, where she is not.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
Woman’s honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you’ll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
—Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer
One may survive distress, but not disgrace.
—Scottish Proverb
Integrity is crucial for business success – once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
—Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer
Honor is but an empty bubble.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American Head of State
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.
—Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) Scottish-American Industrialist
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. His cares must still be double to his joys, In any dignity.
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English Dramatist, Poet, Actor
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.
—Common Proverb
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English Dramatist, Poet, Actor
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
—David Hare (b.1947) English Dramatist, Director, Film-Maker
He who does not honor his wife dishonors himself.
—Mexican Proverb
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
—Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Finnish Composer
The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
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