Honorable Quotes

It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again.

In any profession, there's a sleazy side and an honorable side.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.

You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire.

It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?

If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.

It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.

The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.

Since There are so many questions about what the president was doing over 30 years ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the National Guard? Did he make speeches alongside Jane Fonda denouncing America's racist war in Vietnam?

Everything that I'm attempting to do is based on my understanding of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and what he wanted for his people.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be humane.