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"The kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit; He will reign in you if your heart is at peace. So, be at peace, Mademoiselle, and you will honor in a sovereign way the God of peace and love."
"A really great people, proud and high spirited, would face all the disasters of war rather than purchase that base prosperity which is bought at the price of national honor."
"There is but one thing without honor, smitten with eternal barrenness, inability to do or to be,-insincerity, unbelief."
"I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less."
"Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?"
"We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored."
"One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all."
"Money is truthful. If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash."
"Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul?"
"Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor."
"It's an honor to paint cats."
"The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it."
"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors."
"Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored."
"The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor."
"If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course."
"So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied."
"For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles."
"In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory."
"Honor is the reward of virtue."
