An honor is not diminished for being shared.
—Lois McMaster Bujold (b.1949) American Novelist, Writer
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
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
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
—Pliny the Elder (23–79CE) Roman Statesman, Scholar
Some consider setbacks a badge of honor, unmistakable proof they’re bold risk takers. Far from hiding their blunders, they brag about them.
—Unknown
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 (1810–50) American Feminist, Writer, Revolutionary
Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling followed, or neither the, estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, at the workingman’s house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for industry pays debts, while idleness and neglect increase them.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Honor is but an empty bubble.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
—Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) American Feminist, Reformer, Writer
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
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.
—Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) Scottish-American Industrialist
Ease and honor are seldom bedfellows.
—Common Proverb
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
A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
—Common Proverb
A person dishonored is worst than dead.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
Better not be at all than not be noble.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
—Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American Novelist Essayist
If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people’s opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st American President
Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage.—It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.
—Jacques-Benigne Bossuet xxx
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
A fisherman may measure his catch by the size, but when is a man big enough to keep?
—Unknown
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
—Julius Caesar (c.100–44BCE) Roman Statesman, Military General
Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.
—Akhenaten (1378BCE–1348BCE) Egyptian Monarch, Religious Leader
He who does not honor his wife dishonors himself.
—Mexican Proverb
Honor is the reward of virtue.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist