“Men, I'm getting out of Rome. Anyone who wants to carry on the war against the outsiders, come with me. I can offer you neither honours nor wages; I offer you hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Anyone who loves his country, follow me” MenWantI CanWarCountryBattleOffersHungerMarchHonourRomeOutsidersThirstWagesFollow Me Author:Giuseppe Garibaldi
“A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honour of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row, who were circling madly about the heap and pelting him. His infantile countenance was livid with the fury of battle. His small body was writhing in the delivery of oaths.” LittlesBookBodyBoysBattleDevilStonesHonourThrowingFuryOathLittle BoysDeliveryAlleysCountenanceInfantileGravelRumThrowing Stones Book:Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Stories Source: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Stories
“It has always been my ideal in war to eliminate all feelings of hatred and to treat my enemy as an enemy only in battle and to honour him as a man according to his courage.” MenWarFeelingsEnemyBattleIdealsHatredTreatsHonour Author:Ernst Junger
“Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.” MenShouldMayShowsDiesHistoryFieldsBattleSelf DiscoverySelf RealizationRealizationFinding YourselfHonourDiscoveringEnteringAbyssKnow YourselfRecklessKnow ThyselfSelf KnowingDiscovering YourselfDiscovering SelfDiscovery In LifeDiscovering Your True Self Author:William Butler Yeats
“And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.” PeopleKnowsHeartBodyDiesSportsLeadershipBloodKingsBattleWeakEnglandLaysKingdomsDustHeatMidstHonourRecreation Author:Elizabeth I
“Students and scholars of all kinds and of every age aim, as a rule, only at information, not insight. They make it a point of honour to have information about everything, every stone, plant, battle, or experiment and about all books, collectively and individually. It never occurs to them that information is merely a means to insight, but in itself is of little or no value.” KindMeanLittlesBookAgeValuesInformationStudentsBattleStonesAimPlantInsightExperimentsAll KindsHonourScholar Book:Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays
“All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Erol and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.” MenNeedsI CanPainHouseBattleDiedServingHonourBurnedBladesDo Not FearHonour You Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’ Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho” PeopleKnowsFirstsWellsMomentsFeelingsJoyFightingFoundWinningLosesExistenceDoubtBattleLosingDefeatWarriorRealmsHonourScarDefeatedHumiliationHelplessnessParts Of LifeManuscriptsExistence Of GodValiant Author:Paulo Coelho