“The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.”
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Terry Goodkind
2 quotes“Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.”
Friedrich Schiller
1 quote“Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.”
George Bernard Shaw
1 quote“The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.”
George R.R. Martin
1 quote“You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it h...”
Jacqueline Carey
1 quote“Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1 quote“Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.”
Andrew Carnegie
1 quote“All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.”
General Douglas MacArthur
1 quote“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will...”