“Men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions, and withdraws them from vice, which is called honour. Those same men, when by base subjection and constraint they are brought under and kept down, turn aside from that noble disposition, by which they formerly were inclined to virtue, to shake off and break that bond of servitude, wherein they are so tyrannously enslaved; for it is agreeable with the nature of man to long after things forbidden, and to desire what is denied us.” MenWellsLongActionDesireTurnsBornCompanyBreakVirtueHonestHonorInstinctVicesNobleShakesHonourDeniedVirtuousDispositionForbiddenConstraintsSpursServitudeNature Of ManSubjection Author:Francois Rabelais
“Man's birth is a lottery; it may be in the pleasant home of ease and affluence, or in the hut of poverty; in either case it may be a stain or an honor. If he is born in poverty, and his future life throws a lustre over an humble birth, the reward will not only be great, but his name will stand higher on the roll of honor and virtue, than he who can only boast of his proud descent.” IfsMenMayHomeNamesBornPovertyCasesVirtueProudBirthHigherHonorRewardsHumbleEasePleasantBoastStainsLotteryDescentAffluenceHutsFuture Life Author:James Ellis
“Its a call-to-action to rise from the dead and actually live. Were born spiritually dead, and Im calling for everyone to become spiritually alive. Secondly, dont wait until later to live the way you were created. God created you to honor Him, find joy, and serve others. Dont sleep on that. Lastly, rise above the low expectations people have.” PeopleWayActionJoyWaitingBornSleepAliveHonorCallingLowsExpectationsRise AboveLow ExpectationsCall To Action Author:Trip Lee
“Under our institutions each individual is born to sovereignty. Whatever he may adopt as a means of livelihood, his real business is serving his country. He cannot hold himself above his fellow men. The greatest place of command is really the place of obedience, and the greatest place of honor is really the place of service.” MenMayMeanRealCountryIndividualBornHonorFellowsInstitutionsCommandObedienceServingSovereigntyFellow ManLivelihood Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Of all my prosecutorsnot one is my peer, but each and all are my political sovereigns; and had your honor submitted my case to the jury, as was clearly your duty, then I should have had just cause of protest, for not one of those men was my peer; but, native or foreign born, white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk, each and every man of them was my political superior; hence, in no sense, my peer.” MenShouldLawPoliticalCausesBlackBornWhitePoorCasesRichDutyHonorShould HaveEvery ManIgnorantSuperiorsEducatedDrunkNativeProtestPeersSoberJurySuffrageRich Or PoorYour HonorWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony
“Being born on the earth is the highest honor and greatest privilege. To be alive as human beings gives us the chance to pull off exquisite and Herculean feats of magic that are not possible in nirvana or heaven or any other so-called paradise, higher dimension, or better place,being alive right now is the greatest gift i got from God.” InspirationalGivingHumansEarthHeavenBornChanceHuman BeingsAliveMagicHigherHonorRight NowHighestPrivilegeParadiseDimensionsBetter PlaceExquisiteGreatest GiftsFeats Author:Rob Brezsny
“High honor is not only gotten and born by pain and danger, but must be nursed by the like, else it vanisheth as soon as it appears to the world.” WorldPainBornDangerHonor Author:Philip Sidney
“The woman born to physical subjection and degradation can never seek or use knowledge as her birthright. Never till she holds her sex in honor, as man holds his, can she be his equal, even in her own realm.” MenUseSexWomenBornHonorEqualRealmsDegradationBirthrightSubjection Author:Mary C. Ames
“That is honor's scorn Which challenges itself as honor's born And is not like the sire. Honors thrive When rather from our acts we them derive Than our foregoers.” BornChallengesHonorThriveScorn Book:Tempest Source: Tempest
“What an honor. What a responsibility. What a gift we have been given to be born in an atmosphere with oxygen and carbon dioxide and millions of years and phenotypes cheering us on with recycles of energy.” YearsHas BeensEnergyGivenBornResponsibilityMillionsHonorAtmosphereCheerCarbonOxygenCarbon Dioxide Book:The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories Source: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.” WorldBelieveHeartIdeasAmericaI BelieveBornInspireCitizensMy HeartHonorVoteRaisesRemainsPrivilegeGreat IdeaIndependence Day Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.” MenMayHas BeensReasonWishBornChanceBrotherHonorDeserveClaimsMy BrotherGrantsFoeAnthemLove My Brother Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“Any individual or society that fails to honor or provide the opportunity for women to fully exert their power can never truly prosper. All creativity, growth, imagination, nurturing - All possibilities are born within the female womb of the Devine Feminine. To deny Her a rightful place, either within ourselves or in the world in which we live, is to do irreparable harm and endure the loss of countless joys.” WorldJoyOpportunityIndividualGrowthBornImaginationLossCreativityMeditationFailingPossibilityHonorYogaFemaleEndureDenyHarmWellnessFeminineWombNurturingIrreparableIrreparable Harm Author:Rod Stryker