“True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.” ThinkingSometimesSeemsMemoriesHalfHonorInvolvedRemainsGreenHarmGravesContradictionLogicalCemeteryNo Memory Book:Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce Source: Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce
“Often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.” WayHeartAsksHonorGravesCowardice Author:James Rollins
“Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.” NamesPayHalfHonorSoldierLegsGravesPerilAchillesBatteredOld Soldiers Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward child, 'Tis so unsound, her cradle is the grave.” ThinkingChildrenWiseHonorAmbitionBraveGravesCradleBaitGilded Author:William Davenant
“There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to honor both God and our ancestors. So being in a country like America where nothing is hated more than the image of the black woman, even by black people'because her womb produces the black man and makes us black'I find it of grave importance to implement African images, and especially to produce media images that acknowledge the sexual power and fertility of black women.” PeopleMenCountryAmericaBlackMillionsMediaProduceHonorImportanceGravesHatedAcknowledgeBlack PeopleAncestorBlack WomenWombFertilityAfrican Women Author:Kola Boof
“I'll always have the memories of guys I lost in Vietnam. And I've lost friends since the war, but I'll always have the memories. The riches are great, but riches aren't everything, because when you go you can only take your memories and your word and your honor to the grave with you.” WarGuyLostMemoriesHonorRichesGravesVietnamOur MemoriesLost FriendYour Honor Author:Michael E. Thornton