238 quotes found
“It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.”
“...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ...”
“It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.”
“I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did. Being called talented at school had only made me a target for resentment. I wanted to work. Work, I...”
“A dwarf will fight for honor, but a man will kill for pride.”Auron thought for a moment. “What’s the difference?”“Honor is how others see you. Pride is how you see yourself.”
“...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride, a matter of how much I had in common with other people.”
“Honor,” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.”
“Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves.Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of w...”
“HONOR ways did not won the WAR”
“Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.”
“Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating...”
“What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.”
“he(Quinn)put his hand out to his friend. “I’ll lay my life down for you.With or Without that piece of paper”
“I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others.”
“He was a man, take him for all in all,I shall not look upon his like again.”
“But if it be a sin to covet honour,I am the most offending soul alive.”
“The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked it...”
“I know at least what I am,' he simply went on; 'the other side of the medal's clear enough. I've not been edifying--I believe I'm thought in a hundred quarters to have been barely decent. I've foll...”
“Given the option, would you rather choose the right path, even though it’s difficult, or the easy route, knowing that you’ll be compromising your standards?”
“Knowing what’s right isn’t as important as doing what’s right.”
