238 quotes found
“Service to others in their time of need is a privilege and an honor.”
“Honor, I said with a snort. Honor has no place in survival.”
“Social mores, he argued, rules of protocol, concepts of rectitude and honor had no objective basis. They were only reflections of public and private fears.”
“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...”
“Hong Kong became so materialistic that it must be one of the rarest places in the world where family members need to make an appointment to have dinner together, and people speculate upon their own...”
“The thing about a marine is that they can be the nicest men and women you will ever meet, but when it comes to their duty there are none fiercer.”
“I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of life, liberty and the soul itself, I must and shall cross the line of battle or lose the very re...”
“The law is not designed to make us honorable, only bearable.”
“Writing without responsibility is like taking out your cloths in public and begging people to not look at you.”
“A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over honors.”
“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you ...”
“Oh! my friend, never seek to corrupt the person whom you love, it can go further than you think...”
“It's important to understand that while honor is an entitlement to respect--and shame comes when you lose that title--a person of honor cares first of all not about being respected but about being ...”
“I resented the idea of being talented. I couldnt 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 c...”
“My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.”
“You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.”
“... I deny your right to put words into my mouth.”
“His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.”
“A dwarf will fight for honor, but a man will kill for pride.Auron thought for a moment. Whats the difference?Honor is how others see you. Pride is how you see yourself.”
“Thieves are not so bad, and killing wears all possible costumes. There is no death, no murder that is better than any other. If you can kill me, the manner hardly bears consideration. You want to k...”
