#honor

The Mayor spoke proudly. 'Yes, they will light it. I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir, but—I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them not to fight, they will be sorry, but they will fight. If I tell them to fight, they will be glad, and I who am not a very brae man will have made them a little braver.' He smiled apologetically. 'You see, it is an easy thing to do, since the end for me is the same.' Lanser said, "If you say yes, we can tell them you said no. We can tell them you begged for your life.' And Winter broke in angrily, 'They would know. You do not keep secrets. One of your men got out of hand one night and he said the flies had conquered the flypaper, and now the whole nation knows his words. They have made a song of it. The flies have conquered the flypaper. You do not keep secrets, Colonel. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#resistance #will #men

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#honor #men

When you want to talk about honor, they want to talk about money. When you want to talk about money, they want to talk about gentility. They either get the notion of honor or they don't. And if they don't, you probably shouldn't be fucking with them. ↗

— Liam Rector

#life #money

‎It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#morality #virtue #virtue

War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war. ↗

— Dean Hughes

#honor #soldiers #soul #war #satan

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

— Aristotle

#anything #greatest #honor #mind #never

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ↗

— Aristotle

#deserving #dignity #does #honors #possessing

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. ↗

— Aristotle

#friends #honor #our #piety #requires

I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive. ↗

— Adam Arkin

#along #always #come #date #every

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for. ↗

— Russell Banks

#ancient #been #community #embrace #enough