Top 72 A Word Of Honor Quotes
#1. Why were men so caught up with their honor, their solemn word, their promises?
Half the time the promises were never asked of them in the first place.
And yet the wars that were fought over such things, the hearts broken and the lands ruined..!
Tad Williams
#2. No nation keeps its word. A nation is a big, blind worm, following what? Fate perhaps. A nation has no honor, it has no word to keep .
Carl Jung
#3. I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.
Andrew Stanton
#4. If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the first place?
Heather McKenzie
#5. The only chains you should wear in life are the chains of commitment.
Shannon L. Alder
#6. The Sanskrit word namaste means 'The spirit in me honors the spirit in you.' Whenever you first make eye contact with another person, say 'Namaste' silently to yourself. This is a way of acknowledging that the being there is the same as the being here.
Deepak Chopra
#7. In America the Struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word "Fascism" and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty. For they were thieves not only of wages but of honor.
Sinclair Lewis
#8. I wear the word victim like a badge of honor - my own purple heart. I see what others do more than I see what I'm capable of.
Mary E. DeMuth
#9. Honor is a simple word; it means to give special respect and to pay tribute. It means to respond to teachings that have been patiently and thoughtfully given. Each of our families would be more happy if we as children would honor our fathers and our mothers.
Hugh W. Pinnock
#10. Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it was wrong. We're not going to allow the mayor to hide behind the fiction of homeland security for his reprehensible action.
Phil Boyer
#12. Trust in Him When we trust in ourselves, it leads to strife and shows that we don't trust God to do what He says in His Word - be with us, deliver us, and honor us. When we trust God, however, it leads to the reward of peace - peace within ourselves, peace with God, and peace with others.
Joyce Meyer
#13. I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.
William Tyndale
#14. Most nonfiction writers have a definitiveness complex. They feel that they are under some obligation - to the subject, to their honor, to the gods of writing - to make their article the last word. It's a commendable impulse, but there is no last word.
William Zinsser
#15. I could not really complain, because he had only given me his word of honor as security; I ought to have required of him something substantial.
Mark Twain
#16. A true knight has a strict code of chivalry by which he lives his life: He cannot refuse a challenge and he always keeps his word. I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.
Joseph Delaney
#17. When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.
Ulysses S. Grant
#18. We must remember how to honor and respect life with each breath, step, word, and thought. What you bless blesses you in return. This is the power of reciprocity.
Sandra Ingerman
#20. Honorable, Bernita mine. To look after those who can't look after themselves, to attend to duty rather than convenience. You have reminded me of what honor requires, and I'm grateful. That last word - grateful - wasn't one Nita heard very often.
Grace Burrowes
#21. Poverty demoralizes. A man in debt is so far a slave; and Wall-street thinks it easy for a millionaire to be a man of his word, aman of honor, but, that, in failing circumstances, no man can be relied on to keep his integrity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#22. Justice - there is an air of nobility about the word. It calls to mind other words like equity, fairness, and truth. It speaks of honor and exactness. It speaks of righteousness. But, sadly, in today's world its application is often anything but noble, honorable, or righteous.
Lance B. Wickman
#23. Which do you hate more: breaking your word or dying?"
"I don't know. I've never done either.
Gerald Morris
#24. I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.
Moliere
#25. It has taught me a lesson not to give my word of honor about cows.
L.M. Montgomery
#26. A student undergoing a word association test was asked why a snowstorm put him in mind of sex. He replied frankly: "Because everything does."
Honor Tracy
#27. What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no.
William Shakespeare
#28. Faithfulness and character are noble qualities that God honors.
Jim George
#29. [defines a madman as] a man who preferred to become mad,in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior idea of human honor.
Antonin Artaud
#30. There's never been any love lost between us, and there probably never will be, but you keep your word and I know that if you say you'll do this for me, you'll do it. Your honor might survive betraying a friend because the friend would forgive you. I wouldn't.
Seanan McGuire
#31. Every time you give your word, you're putting your honor on the line.
Frank Sonnenberg
#32. In the beginning was the Word.
In the end ... past honor, past life, past caring ...
In the end will be the Word.
Dan Simmons
#33. Harper to your word be true
Holder, crafter you also hew
To honesty, integrity, and respect
All others without regard to intellect
Anne McCaffrey
#34. Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.
James Clavell
#35. Your value is nothing if you cannot honor your word. If you do not mean what you say, you are the most mean person on the Earth.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#36. If you don't regard your word as a sacred covenant, then there is nothing in you I can honor ...
John Geddes
#37. No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath.
Jonathan Swift
#38. Finally someone takes me seriously enough to ask for my word of honor, and it's a villain.
Sherwood Smith
#39. The word try, means nothing. There's no such thing as trying to do something. The moment you begin a task, you're doing it. So just finish what you're doing.
La Tisha Honor
#40. Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.
William Sloane Coffin
#41. All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill
#42. Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.
David W. Earle
#43. We honor the old prophets, we honor the Tozers and Spurgeons but we don't want to pay the price they paid, and they paid the price by being men who walked alone who lived with God and who loved His word.
Paul Washer
#44. The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.
Eleanor Roosevelt
#45. Up until I came here this week, and I met so many women and young girls who feel, to use their word - and I'm a bit embarrassed, but it's a good word - empowered, by watching. I realized this isn't a burden, this is an honor.
Lucy Lawless
#46. He was very patient, and deeply kind; a bit reserved, but quietly generous. His word was his honor, and his honor was sacred. He was truthful, protective, and profoundly trustworthy. Lily thought he was extraordinary.
Hannah Lowry
#47. The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice
or he is not a gentleman.
Emily Post
#48. War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.
Libba Bray
#49. I wouldn't expect you to know what the word honor means anyway. But when I make a pledge, I uphold it.
Amanda Carlson
#50. Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of ever heresy. To be allowed to remove a few grains of ignorance, and to throw a few rays of light on God's precious word, is, in my opinion, the greatest honor that can be put on a Christian.
J.C. Ryle
#51. There's a word for this in English," he mused, still soft. "I can't recall it. I've made you a ... a fallen women. Yes?"
"Yes," I agreed, still smiling. "Thank you ever so much."
"It's been entirely my pleasure," he said in Romanian, and I turned my face into his sleeve and began to laugh.
Shana Abe
#52. Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
Edmund Morgan
#53. Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.
Robert Kennedy
#54. When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.
Charles Spurgeon
#55. Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.
Bill Rancic
#56. Your word is your honor. If you say you're going to do something, then you need to do it.
Joyce Meyer
#57. That means if you want to become strong, you become predictable. You keep your word, know and then honor your commitments, mind the details, invest in daily spiritual input, assume rather than avoid responsibility, admit your mistakes, correct your screw-ups, and keep a healthy watch over yourself.
Anonymous
#58. Relax Guild Boss. You have my word of honor that I won't tell a soul about your connection to Watson Whitaker." she winked. "Frankly,though, I doubt if the story would do you any real damage if it did get out. Might even give you a boost in the popularity ratings back home. People love legends.
Jayne Castle
#59. I honor God that much in the way I play. That's why I never believe in getting tired. I don't even know what that word means.
Ray Lewis
#60. I'm not sure what God has in store for you but I do know one thing - it will be good. I've learned He doesn't skimp with those who have a heart for Him. After all, His Word says He honors those who honor Him.
Julie Lessman
#61. This is what God requires of us: to fulfill our obligations, to be faithful to our contracts, to pay our debts, and to honor our word. Anything short is fraud, regardless of how much we think the other party "deserves" what we owe.
Michael S. Horton
#62. You will have sacrificed the lives of the people for personal honor, an empty word," Luan said. "That seems to me a most selfish act.
Ken Liu
#63. She read aloud, as she understood better that way. In reading aloud you assume authority for what you are reading. There are people who read very loudly, and who appear to be giving their word of honor for what they are reading.
Victor Hugo
#64. A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.
Elizabeth George
#65. Father God, according to Your Word, without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to You must believe that You exist and that You reward those who earnestly seek You. (Heb. 11:6) Lord, I want to please You. Build faith in me so my life will honor the life of Your Son.
Beth Moore
#66. Yahweh instructed, "Don't judge him. Pray for him. Don't criticize him. Honor him. Don't speak against him. Build him up with My Holy Word - the Bible. You were created to love him. Help him fulfill the purposes that I've destined him for.
J. Nell Brown
#67. Joy is produced in our hearts when we know that God loves us, when we have a close relationship with Him through reading His Word, praying, and desiring to honor Him in all that we do, and by serving others.
Billy Graham
#68. We are following Allah's word. We believe that humanity's only duty is to honor Allah and his prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. We are implementing what is written in the Koran. If we manage to do so, then of course it will be a success.
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha
#69. I can give you my word of honor." "And pray what may be the value of that?" inquired the amused Regent. "Monsieur, it is worth its weight in gold.
Ambrose Bierce
#70. An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.
Danny Silk
#71. What builds character? It's a commitment to integrity, hard work, honor and keeping your word. All of that comes straight out of the Sigma Nu Creed. The guy who wrote that meant it. The whole idea is to think about those words and make them a part of who you are.
Bill Courtney
#72. I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.
Alexandre Dumas
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