13 quotes
“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.”
— Book of Proverbs
“Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honour.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“There are defeats more triumphant than victories.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness but kindness always brings both”
— Euripides
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward of what he gave.”
— Thomas Carlyle
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”
— Sophocles
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”
— Alexander Pope
“Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honor.”
— Khalil Gibran
“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”
— George Washington
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud”
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing”
— George Bernard Shaw
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