Honor Quotes — Page 41

Poet, Writer

“For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.”

Honor Gold Cells

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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist

“Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.”

Country Honor Patriotism

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Jim George

Artist

“God honors you when you take a stand for what is right.”

Honor

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.”

Persons Honor

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Linda Grant

Author

“Many of us, whether in the jungles of Asia or on the streets of Chicago, had discovered that noble causes can lead to ignoble actions and that we were capable of sacrificing honor to a sense of efficacy.”

War Sacrifice Honor

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Kim Harrison

Author

“The seraph looked up, and pain sliced through my head as our eyes met, almost blinding me. "I honor you. You can do something I cannot," it said softly. "For all I am and all I have been, you are human. You are loved for your inventiveness, both good and bad. I can kill, but you can create. You can even create...an end," it said wistfully. "That's something I will never be able to do. Accept this. Create.”

Eye Pain Honor

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John Adams

Founding Father, Politician

“Honor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness.”

Government Support Honor

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Jorie Graham

Poet

“Water is a miracle - it takes so many forms - is the core of life - is holy. So it becomes important to pay utmost attention to the holiness which is this planet's life - blood, which we are destroying. I always look for it in a poem. I honor it. I pay it mind.”

Water Miracle Honor

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Justin Beckett

Chef

“Nature has been mastering itself for some time now, and it is an honor to be able to capture its beauty.”

Able Nature Honor

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John Calvin

Theologian, Reformer

“it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.”

Men Honor Good Luck

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Homer

Poet

“All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.”

Men Way Honor

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of honor and renown, so low and mendicant; that it makes us beg it of all sorts of people.”

People Ambition Honor

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