On Honor

Honor - n. on'or. True nobleness of mind; magnanimity; dignified respect for character, springing from probity, principal or moral rectitude; a distinguishing trait in the character of good men.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught." H.L. Mencken

"But where ye feel you honor grip/ Let that aye be your border." Robert Burns

"Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help." Homer

"If a man would guard his honor, let him guard his purity. And let him guard it jealously; as jealously as a man his wife, as jealously as a king his kingdom. For purity is the soul of honor,  and once it is lost, it cannot be regained." Benjamin Holmes

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." The Declaration of Independence

"If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace." Lord John Russell

"In thy face I see/ The map of honor, truth, and loyalty." Shakespeare

"Better to die a thousand deaths than wound my honor." Joseph Addison

"If honor calls, where'er she points the way/ The sons of honor follow and obey." Winston Churchill

"We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." C.S. Lewis

"... to uphold honor in ordinary circumstances, to be a hero in common life, that is a genuine achievement meriting our highest admiration." Booker T. Washington

"Better faithful than famous. Honor before prominence." Theodore Roosevelt

"True conscious honor is to feel no sin/ He's armed without that's innocent within." Alexander Pope

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Understanding is not enough; we must do. Knowing and understanding make for honor. And honor is the heart of wisdom." Johann Goethe

"His honor rooted in dishonour stood/ And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true." Alfred, Lord Tennyson

(The majority of these quotations were
taken from The Christian Almanac,

edited by George Grant & Gregory Wilbur)

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Persevero,