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Honor Quotes
On duty, vanity, and what true honor asks for.
These honor quotes weigh honor against related but distinct ideas — vanity, conscience, and ambition for genuine virtue rather than appearance. One line frames honor as a duty owed to Country, treating a difficult assignment as a privilege rather than a burden.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Precious
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And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell.
- Considerable
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
- Morning
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As glamorous as WWE may seem, you're probably eating at a Waffle House at 1 in the morning, and you're probably going to see the Ring of Honor guys there, too.
- Like
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The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
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When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.
- History
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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
- Hero
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The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 1898, and Roosevelt became a Texas folk hero overnight.
- Basketball
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Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.
- Great
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It's a great honor to be selected as one of 'Foreign Policy''s Leading Global Thinkers for 2013.
- Great
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Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
- Music
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To be part of the Allmans for 15 years was a huge honor. I mean, it's a legendary band. I got to be around a lot of people and make a lot of great music.
- Me
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I'm not an original member, though I'm sort of an original member. I've been on a lot of records and took them to great heights. For them to make me the sixth Temptation is quite an honor.
- Family
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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.
- Magic
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It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it.
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