Pierce Brown book Morning Star
Romulus thumps his chest. "Honor is what you do."
Source: Morning Star (2016), Ch. 42: The Poet
Source: Morning Star (2016), Ch. 42: The Poet
Pierce Brown book Morning Star
Romulus thumps his chest. "Honor is what you do."
Source: Morning Star (2016), Ch. 42: The Poet
Robert M. Edsel (1956) American art historian
Source: The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Sheri S. Tepper book The Gate to Women's Country
Source: The Gate to Women's Country (1988), Chapter 14 (p. 149)
“Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.”
Terry Goodkind Faith of the Fallen
Source: Faith of the Fallen
“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
Lois McMaster Bujold A Civil Campaign
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
“No person was ever honored for what he recieved. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
“Best they honor thee
Who honor in thee only what is best.”
William Watson (poet) (1858–1935) English poet, born 1858
The true Patriotism, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher