(2688 quotes found)
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility -- these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”
William Arthur Ward
“The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.”
Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor”
George Bernard Shaw
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright”
William Shakespeare
“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“One of the greatest sources of suffering is to have an inborn sense of honor”
De Casseres
“You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world”
