Best honor & notion Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“My notion about any artist is that we honor him best by reading him, by playing his music, by seeing his plays or by looking at his pictures. We don't need to fall all over ourselves with adjectives and epithets. Let's play him more.”

Needs Play Artist Fall Reading Seeing Honor Notion Adjectives Epithet

Author:Jacques Barzun

“Formerly, leaders of states practiced realism, but did not honor it. With them morality was violated, but moral notions remained intact. The modern governor, owing to the fact that he addresses crowds, is compelled to be a moralist, and to present his acts as bound up with a system of morality.”

States Facts Leader Moral Modern Honor Morality Notion Bounds Crowds Addresses Governors Realism Compelled Owing Moralist

Author:Julien Benda

“it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.”

Men Should Lord Honor Direct Luck Strive Notion Riches Favors Good Luck Diligence Cleverness

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Honor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.”

Men Real Fine Honor Draws Notion Imaginary Mischief

Book:Preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An essay on Virgil's Georgics. Cato. The drummer, or, The haunted house. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals

Source: Preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An essay on Virgil's Georgics. Cato. The drummer, or, The haunted house. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals

“Usually you just use these words: "I give you my, I make this commitment to you, I honor this idea between us." For me, commitment boils down to honor. Because you make a commitment to protect our environment, you make a commitment to species preservation, you make a commitment to stop things like human trafficking. You make a commitment to stop smoking, to eat better. Typically, something that is positive. A positive notion of honor.”

Giving Humans Ideas Use Environment Honor Protect Commitment Species Notion Smoking Preservation Our Environment Human Trafficking Trafficking Stop Smoking

Author:Ian Somerhalder

“When the feminist movement was at its zenith in the late 60's and early 70's, there was a lot of moving away from the idea of the person. It was: let's talk about the ideas behind the work, and the people matter less. It was kind of a gimmicky thing, but lots of feminist women were doing it. Many of us took the names of our female ancestors - bell hooks is my maternal great grandmother - to honor them and debunk the notion that we were these unique, exceptional women. We wanted to say, actually, we were the products of the women who'd gone before us.”

“It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.”

Men Giving Grows Differences Honor Notion Disappear Inequality

Author:Alexis de Tocqueville

“If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not it is right to fight. Nor do we have any notion of honor. An insult to a bear is a deadly thing. To us...inconceivable. How could you insult a witch? What would it matter if you did?”

Ifs Needs Giving War Matter Fighting Bears Honor Cost Notion Factors Insult Witch

Book:Northern lights

Source: Northern lights

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