Quotes about Honor
Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
— George Washington
Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title
— George Washington
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
— George Washington
To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny.
— George Washington
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
— Abraham Lincoln
I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office.
— George Washington
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
— Samuel Johnson
It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour, his religion, his soul, and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do or die.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
— George Washington
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most men admire Virtue, who follow not her lore.
— John Milton