The Best 100 Honor Quotes To Inspire You Live, Love, And Fight Honorably

Monisha Kochhar
Dec 12, 2023 By Monisha Kochhar
Originally Published on Mar 10, 2021
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Respecting and valuing another person is an honor.

Respecting people is a good virtue. This characteristic helps to achieve success in life.

It is always good to speak about the person who needs to be honorable. Live your life to the fullest. It is one way of expressing our honor.

A good leader is always inspirational to the people around them. Their name will still be in history pages for the path they led us on. Sir Winston Churchill is famous for his honorable speeches.

We have brought a collection of inspirational honor quotes to motivate you in your life. If you like to read similar quotes, check Bride quotes and Champion quotes.

Strength And Honor Quotes

Trust among the group can be achieved by unity and honor between them. Here you will enjoy reading loyalty and honor quotes, love and honor quotes, and fight with honor quotes that relate to the true value of honor.

1."True honor is an outflow from a heart that fears God."

-John Bevere.

2."You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

-Aristotle.

3."Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger but it won’t taste good."

-Joe Paterno.

4."The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice."

-George Washington.

5. "Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people."

-Proverb.

6."It is not titles that honor men but men that honor titles."

-Niccolo Machiavelli.

7."You can abandon your own body but never let go of your honor."

-Miyamoto Musashi.

8."A man of honor should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."

-Baltasar Gracian.

9."Keep your families close together, and love and honor your children."

-Gordon B. Hinckley.

10."Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you."

-Aron Ralston.

11."I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well."

-Louise Hay.

12."No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."

-Calvin Coolidge.

13."Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better."

-Bill Bradley.

14."I found myself wondering about her as I wondered about myself. Who are we really? Are we who we are at our worst, or at our best?"

-Randall Wallace.

15."The ghosts of my heart strolled in."

-Randall Wallace.

16."I love the name of honor, more than I fear death."

-Julius Caesar.

17."It is always an honor to put on a uniform."

-Manny Machado.

18."Science may provide the most useful way to organize empirical, reproducible data, but its power to do so is predicated on its inability to grasp the most central aspects of human life: hope, fear, love, hate, beauty, envy, honor, weakness, striving, suffering, virtue."

-Paul Kalanithi.

19."Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time."

-George W. Bush.

20."Strength is a matter of a made-up mind."

-John Beecher.

21."Silence is a source of great strength. "

-Lao Tzu.

22."Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power."

- Lao Tzu.

23."May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young."

-Bob Dylan.

24."People do not lack strength, they lack will."

- Victor Hugo.

25."Tough times never last, but tough people do."

-Robert H. Schuller.

26."When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

-Peter Marshall.

27."If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness."

-Elbert Hubbard.

28."Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."

-Confucius.

29."Unlike the puerile loyalty to a conviction, loyalty to a friend is a virtue – perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one."

-Milan Kundera.

30."You have to defend your honor. And your family."

-Suzanne Vega.

31."Honor wears different coats to different eyes."

-Barbara Tuchman.

32."Honor the space between no longer and not yet."

-Nancy Levin.

33."Honor who you are first and foremost. Self-Respect and Integrity will win the day."

-Julie Orlov.

34."I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty."

-Summer Altice.

35."Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."

- Marcus Aurelius.

Respect And Honor Quotes

For a happy and successful life, honor is the main element for it. Here are some famous honor quotes and family honor quotes which you should share with your friends.

36."Respect others. Demand respect; don’t allow yourself to be disrespected by anyone."

-Nicoline Ambe, 'Being Dad.'

37."When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace."

-Confucius.

38."We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us."

-Barack Obama.

39."Tolerance is a fundamental character trait of great people and a part of the attitudes and practices of those we admire and respect."

-John K. Carmack.

40."I was raised by parents who taught me to love and respect people regardless of their race or background."

-Michael Jordan.

41."My friend should honor him who honors me."

-Homer.

42."Who sows virtue reaps honor."

-Leonardo da Vinci.

43."The post of honour is a private station."

-Joseph Addison.

44."They want to honor veterans, I don't know why they shouldn't be able to do it."

-John Marshall.

45."It's an honor. Something I really didn't expect to receive."

-Reuben Droughns.

46."It was a real honor to have our leagues recognized in the stadium."

-Al Roberts.

47."It's an honor that should be given to all veterans, regardless of service or combat status."

-Bruce Perry.

48."That's the best honor -- people who know you as a person who are willing to support you."

-Brian Bilbray.

49."I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."

-Sophocles.

50."I thought it was an honor. At first I was nervous, but after a while I got in a groove."

-Khalid Naziruddin.

51."I'm still grateful I get the honor to put my country's name on my chest as a coach."

-Larry Walker.

52."...sometimes compassion is the greater part of honor.."

-Rachel Vincent.

53."Anyone who teaches me deserves my respect, honoring and attention."

-Sonia Rumzi.

54."It is better to be alone than in bad company."

-George Washington.

55."Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on."

-James Frey.

56."You should not honor men more than truth."

-Plato.

57."It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles."

-Niccolò Machiavelli.

58."Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

-George Washington.

59."The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor."

-George Bernard Shaw.

60."The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be."

-Socrates, 'Essential Thinkers - Socrates'.

61."Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor."

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

62."As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him."

-William Shakespeare.

63."Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life."

-Amit Ray.

64."He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again."

-William Shakespeare.

65."Honor is the presence of God in man."

-Pat Conroy.

66."A man without honor is worse than dead."

-Miguel de Cervantes.

67."My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism."

-John Woo.

68."All honor to him who shall win the prize, 'The world has cried for a thousand years; But to him who tries and fails and dies, I give great honor and glory and tears."

-Joaquin Miller.

69."You are a disgrace, you may look like a bride but you will never give your family honor!"

-Matchmaker, 'Mulan'.

70."Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you; but of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aims fulfilled, they will all say, 'We did this ourselves.' "

-Lao Tzu.

71."I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother. "

-Rocco DiSpirito.

72."Ability without honor is useless."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Inspirational Honor Quotes

The person with good motives is always remembered and honored. Here are some inspirational honor quotes to remember the person you respect.

73."Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation."

-Bruce Lee.

74."Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

-Sophocles.

75."If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams and honor."

-Angeal Hewley.

76."Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies."

- Alexander Pope.

77."Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself."

-Lois McMaster.

78."All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

-Winston Churchill.

79."We treat people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you."

-Mary Kay Ash.

80."He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher."

-Walt Whitman.

81."Honor is simply the morality of superior men."

-H.L. Mencken.

82."I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor."

-Ira Hayes.

83."Keep your word. Honor commitments and they will double back to honor you."

-Bill Rancic.

84."Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership."

-James Cash Penney.

'Hamlet' And 'Julius Caesar' Honor Quotes

'Hamlet' and 'Julius Caesar' are both famous plays by William Shakespeare. Here is a list of some memorable 'Hamlet' honor quotes and 'Julius Caesar' quotes from his plays.

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85."There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

-'Hamlet.'

86."Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

-'Hamlet.'

87."Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-'Hamlet.'

88."When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions!"

-'Hamlet.'

89."God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

-'Hamlet.'

90."The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

-'Julius Caesar.'

91."Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

-'Julius Caesar.'

92."Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more."

-'Julius Caesar.'

93."People and Senators, be not affrighted; Fly not; stand still; ambition's debt is paid."

-'Julius Caesar.'

94."Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"

-'Julius Caesar.'

95."Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."

-'Julius Caesar.'

'Code Of Honor' Quotes

'Code Of Honor' is a famous book written by Alan Gratz. Here is a collection of inspirational quotes from his book.

96."I didn’t care. It was worth it to defend Darius. He and I had a code. A code of honor. We looked out for each other, no matter what."

-Alan Gratz.

97."1) Be the strongest of the strong. 2) Be the bravest of the brave. 3) Help the helpless. 4) Always tell the truth. 5) Be loyal. 6) Never give up. 7) Kill all monsters."

-Alan Gratz.

98."I wanted to ask you something. Would you give your life to save the world, if nobody knew you did it?"

-Alan Gratz.

99."Tom: I'm sorry I can't break that rule. I have a rule about that."

-Alan Gratz.

100."Make him be good to you. Make him love you if you can. It’s the only way to get through this."

-Alan Gratz.

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Written by Monisha Kochhar

Bachelor of Arts Hons specializing in Modern Languages (French and Spanish)

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Monisha KochharBachelor of Arts Hons specializing in Modern Languages (French and Spanish)

A Modern Languages graduate from the University College London, Monisha with a passion for travel and exploring different cultures. She is fluent in French and Spanish and is currently learning Hindi. Monisha enjoys discovering new foods and is an avid sports fan, following soccer and Formula 1. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis and watching TV shows.

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