"Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world."
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"Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust."
"Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor."
"We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor."
"Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born"
"As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs."
"... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor."
"Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any."
"Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me."
"We're more than ready to deliver. When the pressure is on, I think that's when the Ring of Honor roster does the best. Not only the main event, the entire roster feels the pressure and are ready to deliver."
"As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below."
"Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill."
"Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune."
"There is a place for everyone, man and woman, old and young, hale and halt; service in a thousand forms is open. There is no room now for the dilettante, the weakling, for the shirker, or the sluggard. From the highest to the humblest tasks, all are of equal honor; all have their part to play."
"The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty."
"The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort."
"It is good to preserve the name, wealth, and honors you inherit, but it is better in every way if you yourself create a position and a name. The first requires good sense, but the second demands willpower and great virtue."
"All religions are ultimately cargo cults. Adherents perform required rituals, follow specific rules, and expect to be supernaturally gifted with desired rewards long life, honor, wisdom, children, good health, wealth, victory over opponents, immortality after death, any desired rewards."
"Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life ... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey."
"It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually."