honour

It seems to me, that you people spend a great deal of time talking about honour, but strip away the high sounding words and you are no different from any other race. Family? Has Priam not killed wayward sons? When a king dies do his sons not go to war with one another to succeed him? Men speak of how you reacted to your father's death. They say it was amazing, for you did not order your little brother's execution. Your race thrives on blood and death, Helikaon. Your ships raid the coasts of other nations, stealing slaves, burning and plundering. Warriors brag of how many men they have killed, and women they have raped. Almost all of your kings either seized their thrones with swords and murder, or are children of men who seized power with swords and murder. So put all this talk of honour to one side.

Women shouldn't be in combat," said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. "Neither should men, in my opinion.

Do I understand, sir, that you mean the Cause for which our heroes have died is not sacred?'If you were run over by a railroad train your death wouldn__ sanctify the railroad company, would it?' asked Rhett and his voice sounded as if he were humbly seeking information.

I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land.

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or

I can't go into a long explanation before company; but I couldn't help it, upon my honour."Upon your what?" growled Sikes, with excessive disgust. "Here! Cut me off a piece of that pie, one of you boys,to take the taste of that out of my mouth, or it'll choke me dead.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.

Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles _ and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.___anuscript Found In Accra _ Paulo Coelho

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

Would that ... a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honour become identical.

Fame is something which must be won honour is something which must not be lost.

A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient unprofitable or dangerous to do so.

It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them " A prophet is not without honour save in his own country and in his own house."

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours but in deserving them.

I could not love thee dear so much Loved I not honour more.

No revenge is more honorable than the one not taken.