The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.
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Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.
The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
Even if we try to conform to ideals and strive for perfection, we will always be pulled back to our core identity because it__ the path of least resistance for our souls _ an energy force that wants nothing more than for us to honor and accept who we are and discover what we__e meant to do in the world.
Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space.
Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor.
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.
There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.
It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.
If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life.
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.