And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real repute in that small but high hushed world which I might not be unreasonably ambitious of ; if hereafter I shall do anything that, upon the whole, a man might rather have done than to have left undone ; if, at my death, my executors, or more properly my creditors, find any precious MSS. in my desk, then here I prospectively ascribe all the honour and the glory to whaling; for a whale-ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour.
The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.
One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.
Men may deprive me of property and honour; sickness may take away my strength and other means of serving You; I may even lose Your grace by sin; but never, never will I lose my hope in You. I will cherish it unto that dreadful moment when all hell will be unchained to snatch my soul away. "No one has hoped in the Lord and has been confounded"
I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee.
I am better now. Word of honour: I am better now.
A faire death honours the whole life.
It was in the days when France's power was already broken upon the seas, and when more of her three-deckers lay rotting in the Medway than were to be found in Brest harbour. But her frigates and corvettes still scoured the ocean, closely followed ever by those of her rival. At the uttermost ends of the earth these dainty vessels, with sweet names of girls or of flowers, mangled and shattered each other for the honour of the four yards of bunting which flapped from the end of their gaffs.
Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.
You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.
A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
Honour the difficult.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
Disraeli was now at the height of his fame and popularity. He still had his enemies. . . But the people as a whole now admired and respected him deeply. . . His unscrupulous past and cynical opportunism were being largely forgotten or forgiven. He was gradually becoming recognized not only as the prophet of a new Conservatism, at once compassionate at home and positive abroad, but as a great statesmen whom the Queen did well to honour. Power had brought responsibility. By 1878 the transformation in public attitudes towards Disraeli was complete.
Recognize and honour your uniqueness.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Perseverance, my dear Lord. Keeps honour bright.