Honor Among Quotes

#1. What is commonly called friendship is only a little more honor among rogues.

Henry David Thoreau

#2. This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

Jonathan Swift

#3. In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.

Abel Ferrara

#4. The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

Henry David Thoreau

#5. If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

A.W. Tozer

#6. Besides, you could still find honor among thieves, if you knew the right ones.

Kit Rocha

#7. There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

Peter O'Toole

#8. The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence.

Alexander Hamilton

#9. It always starts out that way," Kanin said, and his voice was distant, as if remembering. "Noble intentions, honor among new vampires. Vows to not harm humans, to take only what is needed, to not hunt them like sheep through the night.

Julie Kagawa

#10. Honor to a Spaniard, no matter how dishonest, is as real a thing as water, wine, or olive oil. There is honor among pickpockets and honor among whores. It is simply that the standards differ.

Ernest Hemingway,

#11. Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

John McCarthy

#12. At life's banquet of success I may not be the guest of honor, but I'll be among those present.

L.M. Montgomery

#13. The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

Frosty Westering

#14. There are certain things money can't buy. Chief among these are manners, class, honor and integrity. Oh, and sanity. Let's not forget that one . . .

Max Hawthorne

#15. Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.

Homer

#16. We do God more honor by believing what He has said about Himself and having the courage to come boldly to the throne of grace than by hiding in self-conscious humility among the trees of the garden.

A.W. Tozer

#17. A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.

Sun Ra

#18. Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night.

Warren Ellis

#19. What we hold sacred is honor, justice, and glory. You need not swear allegiance to our storm god, to serve with us. Fighters are among us from many lands, with many gods and many beliefs. Believe as you will. What is between a man and his god is theirs alone to say.

Janet Morris

#20. Factions among yourselves; preferring such
To offices and honors, as ne'er read
The elements of saving policy;
But deeply skilled in all the principles
That usher to destruction.

Philip Massinger

#21. I hope the terms of Excellency, Honor, Worship, Esquire, forever disappear from among us ... I wish that of Mr. would follow them.

Thomas Jefferson

#22. Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Cesare Lombroso

#23. Honor, vengeance, that rigorous religion, those punctilicious codes of conduct - how to explain their existence here, at the end of the world, among people who possessed nothing but the rags and the lice they had on them?

Mario Vargas-Llosa

#24. The power of the Dark Side cannot be dispersed among the masses. It must be concentrated in the few who are worthy of the honor.

Drew Karpyshyn

#25. When a government becomes unjust, honor is often found among the lawless.

Brandon Mull

#26. Where the Army we loved sold us out for careerist brass, a war-porn-fixated media and military-industrial-complex corporate greed; where the only honor and integrity seemed to exist among the troops on the line.

Luis Carlos Montalvan

#27. Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Khalil Gibran

#28. Listening to your body does not imply a lack of grit but a willingness to honor true physical limits. Kenyan runners have a reputation for listening to their bodies but certainly do not take it easy on themselves; they are among the world's most gifted and accomplished athletes.

Gina Greenlee

#29. A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.

Paul Ryan

#30. Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#31. We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.

Calvin Coolidge

#32. The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do not honor him he will unfold his wings and fly back to his dwelling place.

Khalil Gibran

#33. Plague did not honor social class, and mortality among the nobility approximated that of the general population.

Robert Steven Gottfried

#34. It recognizes no morality but a sham morality meant for deceit, no honor even among thieves and of a thievish sort, no force but physical force, no intellectual power but cunning, no disgrace but failure, no crime but stupidity.

Woodrow Wilson

#35. Its a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.

Mark Teixeira

#36. Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.

Aeschylus

#37. It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#38. Honor must start in the heart, but if it ends there, it isn't honor. Honor must be expressed through words, symbols, actions, or gestures. Honor is among the most incarnational of the virtues. It must have feet and hands.

Douglas Wilson

#39. No polity can be devised which shall perpetuate freedom among a people that are dead to honor and integrity. Liberty and virtue are twin sisters, and the best fabric in the world ...

James Henley Thornwell

#40. Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.

Laozi

#41. Honor can exist anywhere, love can exist anywhere, but justice can exist only among people who found their relationships upon it.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#42. Michael Phelps is a sporting god among men. It is hard to say if anyone will ever match his accomplishments, but it has been an honor to see him become a legend. He makes me proud of the American sports institution and proud of the sports that get mass attention only every four years.

Johnny Weir

#43. For there is no virtue, the honor and credit for which procures a man more odium than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people.

Plutarch

#44. For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.

Steve Buyer

#45. Let everything that you do bring credit and honor to the Church, of which you are a member, and the Lord will bless you and magnify you. Let there be no animosity among you but only love, regardless of race, regardless of circumstances. Let us love one another as the Lord would have us do

Gordon B. Hinckley