“A country, after all, is not something you build as the pharaohs built the pyramids, and then leave standing there to defy eternity. A country is something that is built every day out of certain basic shared values.” CountryCertainValuesHonorIntegrityBuiltStandingEternityPyramidsStanding TherePharaohsShared Values Author:Pierre Trudeau
“When you honor God, the storms may come, but you have a promise that others don’t have: When it’s all said and done, you’ll still be standing. You may suffer a setback, but don’t get discouraged. If you’ll stay in faith, God promises that when the smoke clears, when the dust settles, you won’t be the victim, you’ll be the victor.” IfsMaySaidStillsDoneSufferingHonorPromiseStandingVictimStormDustSmokeSettlingDiscouragedSetbackConfidence In GodSaid And DoneGod Promises Author:Joel Osteen
“You know, I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together. And you know, if that's not enough for people, then heck, don't vote for him.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenLittlesEnoughTogetherHonorSittingStandingVoteI Love HimLittle WomenTammy Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.” TruthLyingPleasureSeaAdventureHonorBattleStandingWindowErrorsShipsWanderShoreCastlesMistTempest Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.” LittlesCharacterFormWinningSocialLossMoralPrinciplesCareersSuccessfulRiskEconomicHonorLosingStandingBraverySignificantInjuryLastingWill PowerValorMoral CourageDisapprovalPhysical Courage Author:Michael Josephson
“I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime.” ChildrenKidsSchoolLawVoiceJusticeCasesHonorStandingAbuseLifetimePursueGutsChild AbuseLaw SchoolProsecutorSpecialtyHomicideProsecuting Author:Susana Martinez
“Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.” WayMadeLyingEasyHonorStandingWeakPainfulFalsehoodUnnecessaryHelplessEasy WayKeeping Your Word Book:Exile's Honor Source: Exile's Honor
“There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.” MenWarFoundCausesDyingHonorBattleStandingDignityKillingDefenseless Author:Michael Scott