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Ishmael Reed Writer
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"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement."

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Confucius Philosopher
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"The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy."

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"Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment."

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Soren Kierkegaard Philosopher, Theologian
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"...a human being not only can choose but... he must choose... for in this way God retains His honor while at the same time has a fatherly concern for humankind. Though God has lowered Himself to being that which can be chosen, yet each person must on his part choose. God is not mocked. Therefore the matter stands thus: If a person avoids choosing, this is the same as the presumption of choosing the world."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"I honor the place within you where, when you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us."

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Niccolo Machiavelli Political Philosopher, Historian
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"It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because of the malignity of the times, that this good finally can be done by another more loved in heaven."

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Marlon Brando Actor, Director
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"I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass."

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player
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"The way you talk to your teammates and push them and the way you treat them is important. There is a fine line between trying to help your teammates and criticizing them. The toughest part for me is how to keep my teammates accountable but at the same time do it in a loving way that doesnt judge or condemn them. It's definitely been a struggle and I'm trying to learn how to lead consciously in a way that honors God."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"Here in America, marriage still has a mystical, intangible power: It is a passport to adulthood and respectability and to a certain extent citizenship. Any relationship less than "married" is considered temporary and not worthy of honor."

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