#honor

The president of the United States and his secretary of state were made honorary Hebrews. ↗

— Julius Streicher

#his #honorary #made #president #secretary

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#education #father #honor #i #just

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#deserves #far #hands #honored #slapped

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. ↗

— James Joyce

#because #christopher #columbus #discover #everyone

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#disposition #esteem #general #glory #happy

He put his forehead against hers. “Alannah, my heart is yours.” He said softly. “And yet, I must hand it over to someone else for the keeping.” Her last words falling to a strained whisper. ↗

— B.C. Morin

#faeries #honor #hurt #love #pain

…the trouble with oaths of the form, death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enough time and abrasion, they separate the world into two sorts of people: the dead, and the forsworn. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#death-before-dishonor #in-the-end #inevitable #oaths #the-dead

...when I see you here amidst all this, I realise that I proposed to a very small part of you. I thought I was giving you a home and a position, but here I see that I am taking you away from so much. ↗

— Daisy Goodwin

#fiance #heiress #honor #love #respect

It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It was such an incredible honor to be asked, and I am so proud of what we and the Alexander McQueen team have created. ↗

— Sarah Burton

#am #asked #been #catherine #create

It strikes me you might place your gifts better. Why should you send powder to a ruffian who will use it to commit crimes? But for the deplorable weakness every one here seems to have for the bandits, they would have disappeared out of Corsica long ago." "The worst men in our country are not those who are 'in the country.'" "Give them bread, if it so please you. But I will not have you supply them with ammunition." "Brother," said Colomba, in a serious voice, "you are master here, and everything in this house belongs to you. But I warn you that I will give this little girl my mezzaro, so that she may sell it; rather than refuse powder to a bandit. ↗

— Prosper Mérimée

#corsica #honor #outlaws #men