Honour Quotes
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![E.M. Forster](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1402057803i/86404._UX200_CR0,37,200,200_.jpg)
“If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
― What I Believe and Other Essays
― What I Believe and Other Essays
![David Gemmell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202771023i/11586._UX200_CR0,22,200,200_.jpg)
“Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.”
― Shield of Thunder
― Shield of Thunder
![Socrates](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1390145726i/275648._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
― Essential Thinkers - Socrates
― Essential Thinkers - Socrates
![Barbara Sontheimer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1677046268i/23000969._UX200_CR0,13,200,200_.jpg)
“Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid. Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
![Edmond Rostand](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206707820i/670859._UX200_CR0,29,200,200_.jpg)
“I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven't washed away. I'm always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and frankness. I may not cut a stylish figure, but I hold my soul erect. I wear my deeds as ribbons, my wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.”
― Cyrano de Bergerac
― Cyrano de Bergerac
![Barbara Sontheimer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1677046268i/23000969._UX200_CR0,13,200,200_.jpg)
“She is an able negotiator and a strong ally." Pickering said, as his eyes caressed her lovely face. He noticed both her arms were wrapped tightly around Victor's, and that she looked up at him with such commitment that it made his cynical view of love soften. Reminding him bittersweetly of how he had felt once, a very long time ago.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing
![John Milton](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1438861655i/9876._UY200_CR4,0,200,200_.jpg)
“What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,
The labor of an age in pilèd stones,
Or that his hallowed relics should be hid
Under a star-y-pointing pyramid?
Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,
What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?”
― The Complete Poetry
The labor of an age in pilèd stones,
Or that his hallowed relics should be hid
Under a star-y-pointing pyramid?
Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,
What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?”
― The Complete Poetry
![Lois McMaster Bujold](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1623465132i/16094._UX200_CR0,78,200,200_.jpg)
“The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, or anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present — they are real.”
― Shards of Honour
― Shards of Honour
![David Gemmell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202771023i/11586._UX200_CR0,22,200,200_.jpg)
“I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.”
― Shield of Thunder
― Shield of Thunder
![Paulo Coelho](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201840056i/566._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning
I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose.
I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated.
They are the ones who never fought.
They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’
Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho”
― Manuscript Found in Accra
I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose.
I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated.
They are the ones who never fought.
They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’
Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho”
― Manuscript Found in Accra
![Dorothy L. Sayers](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1519840173i/8734._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
![Moderata Fonte](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1299850378i/893320.jpg)
“It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for us just to banish these men from our lives, and escape their carping and jeering once and for all? Couldn't we live without them? Couldn't we earn our living and manage our affairs without help from them? Come on, let's wake up, and claim back our freedom, and the honour and dignity that they have usurped from us for so long. Do you think that if we really put our minds to it, we would be lacking the courage to defend ourselves, the strength to fend for ourselves, or the talents to earn our own living? Let's take our courage into our hands and do it, and then we can leave it up to them to mend their ways as much as they can: we shan't really care what the outcome is, just as long as we are no longer subjugated to them.”
― The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
― The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men
![Israelmore Ayivor](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1497748668i/7023141._UX200_CR0,6,200,200_.jpg)
“If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!”
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![Margaret Mitchell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1185481392i/11081._UY200_CR48,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Do I understand, sir, that you mean the Cause for which our heroes have died is not sacred?'
If you were run over by a railroad train your death wouldn’t sanctify the railroad company, would it?' asked Rhett and his voice sounded as if he were humbly seeking information.”
― Gone with the Wind
If you were run over by a railroad train your death wouldn’t sanctify the railroad company, would it?' asked Rhett and his voice sounded as if he were humbly seeking information.”
― Gone with the Wind
![Dorothy L. Sayers](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1519840173i/8734._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.
(Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)”
― The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
(Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935)”
― The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
![James Clemens](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1505181033i/99776._UX200_CR0,56,200,200_.jpg)
“But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.”
― Hinterland
― Hinterland
![Jay Woodman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1454246517i/6613741._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Colour outside the lines, live outside the box. Don’t let anyone tell you what to do, or not. Don’t be afraid, listen to your heart.
Heaven is a state of being – of one-ness, and Hell is a state of being – lost. We simply need to live as we best define ourselves, find our own ways of being who we are in our world.
There is no requirement - only freedom of choice. We should not be judged if we are doing what we think best according to our perceptions at any given time.
Guilt should be discarded, moved beyond - what matters is who we choose to be in the next moment, given what we might have learned. We continually create ourselves anew.
Forgiving someone is a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto far too long.
Take back the energy you have wasted on these things and reclaim your power to be your next best self.
Honour the past but refresh, expand, renew, fulfill. Heaven is within us, always reachable.”
―
Heaven is a state of being – of one-ness, and Hell is a state of being – lost. We simply need to live as we best define ourselves, find our own ways of being who we are in our world.
There is no requirement - only freedom of choice. We should not be judged if we are doing what we think best according to our perceptions at any given time.
Guilt should be discarded, moved beyond - what matters is who we choose to be in the next moment, given what we might have learned. We continually create ourselves anew.
Forgiving someone is a great way to show love, and forgive yourself too for the hurt you held onto far too long.
Take back the energy you have wasted on these things and reclaim your power to be your next best self.
Honour the past but refresh, expand, renew, fulfill. Heaven is within us, always reachable.”
―
![Conn Iggulden](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1235073163i/119121._UX200_CR0,51,200,200_.jpg)
“When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.”
― Conqueror
― Conqueror
![Robert Reid](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1715944450i/19011729._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“For two years the battles raged across the lands, one side fighting for conquest, the other for freedom. Othium-powered weapons wreaked havoc on defending armies. The red fire was hard to resist, but the white light was stronger. Gradually the tide turned and the freedom fighters regained control of their lands and their cities. The stage was set for the final battle.
The opposing forces met outside the Ackar city of Erbea in 1302 and the forces of good won the day. The alchemist escaped and was about to take his revenge at a wedding ceremony when he was bound by the white light. All that remained was his heart, or maybe his soul, encapsulated in a piece of red rock.
Dewar the Third succeeded his father and the new king promised a time of peace and prosperity. History would call him the Peacemaker.
Now, two hundred years on, a new Emperor seeks to rule the world, while an illegitimate son sets out on a path towards revenge and a thief begins to learn his trade. It is time for the alchemist to return.”
― The Emperor
The opposing forces met outside the Ackar city of Erbea in 1302 and the forces of good won the day. The alchemist escaped and was about to take his revenge at a wedding ceremony when he was bound by the white light. All that remained was his heart, or maybe his soul, encapsulated in a piece of red rock.
Dewar the Third succeeded his father and the new king promised a time of peace and prosperity. History would call him the Peacemaker.
Now, two hundred years on, a new Emperor seeks to rule the world, while an illegitimate son sets out on a path towards revenge and a thief begins to learn his trade. It is time for the alchemist to return.”
― The Emperor
![Lois McMaster Bujold](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1623465132i/16094._UX200_CR0,78,200,200_.jpg)
“Women shouldn't be in combat," said Vorkosigan, grimly glum.
"Neither should men, in my opinion.”
― Shards of Honour
"Neither should men, in my opinion.”
― Shards of Honour
![Julian Barnes](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1606567988i/1462._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied about your love, you deceived your legal wife, and all in the name of honour. That was the damned paradox of it - in order to behave well, you have to behave badly.”
― Arthur & George
― Arthur & George
![Seth Grahame-Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1645053252i/169377._UY200_CR24,0,200,200_.jpg)
“He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing.
Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.”
― Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.”
― Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
![Michael G. Kramer](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1508222619i/15015247.jpg)
“Acting Rear Admiral Gillet said, “Captain Scultetus, please try to understand that Britain and Germany are at war! The HMS Armadale Castle has been ordered to wipe the Swakop River Radio station off the map!”
― His Forefathers and Mick
― His Forefathers and Mick
“It’s time for us to wake up, smell the brownies, smell the coffee, and open our spiritual eyes to see in the spirit how many monitoring systems and equipment that the kingdom of darkness is monitoring you with, day in and day out.”
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
“As we pray these fire prayers, the powers of darkness in the spirit realm will quiver and tremble in every area of your life that needs to be broken and brought down. Whether it’s fear, terror, sickness, or any kind of torment that any demons have against you, they will know today that the same as Pharoah and his army drowned in the Red Sea, these demons will drown in the blood of Jesus today.”
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
― Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
![Ernest Rutherford](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1396917860i/437411._UX200_CR0,23,200,200_.jpg)
“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no honour too great to pay to the memory of Faraday, one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time.”
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