#honour

If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#honour #integrity #mind #social-norms #truth

What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us? ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#honour #left #listening #nobody #us

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#did #dislike #feeling #honour #i

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#attempt #clear #firmly #go #hand

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours. ↗

— Helen Clark

#deeply #detest #distinction #honours #i

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#became #bloke #dad #decent #half

If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#army #awaken #commerce #delusion #destruction