When neither their property nor
their honor is touched, the
majority of men live content.
?Niccolo Machiavelli
Honor is like an island, rugged and
without shores; once we have
left it, we can never return.
?Nicolas Boileau
A life spent making mistakes is not
only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing.
?George Bernard Shaw
The body is shaped, disciplined,
honored, and in time, trusted.
?Martha Graham
Be not ashamed of thy virtues;
honor's a good brooch to wear
in a man's hat at all times.
?Ben Johnson
Dignity consists not in possessing honors,
but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
?Aristotle
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible
to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
?Theodore Roosevelt
Be honorable yourself if you wish
to associate with honorable people.
?Welsh Proverb
Don't look for more honor
than your learning merits.
?Jewish Proverb
Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails, and impious
men bear sway, the post
of honor is a private station.
?Joseph Addison
The difference between a moral man
and a man of honor is that the latter
regrets a discreditable act, even
when it has worked
and he has not been caught.
?H.L. Mencken