“I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it like a badge of honor.” LittlesUsedPrideHonorLowsI've LearnedMaintenanceBadgesFussy Author:Becki Newton
“We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.” HardUsedFatherPoorClassFiguresMastersMomHonorUniversityMy MomAcceptedNew OrleansContractor Author:Frank Ocean
“Honor is a term much used but little understood.” LittlesUsedTermVirtueHonorUnderstood Author:Regina Maria Roche
“Morally a woman has a right to the free and entire development of every faculty which God has given her to be improved and used to His honor. Socially she has a right to the protection of equal laws; the right to labor with her hands the thing that is good; to select the kind of labor which is in harmony with her condition and her powers; to exist, if need be, by her labor, or to profit others by it if she choose. These are her rights, not more nor less than the rights of the man.” IfsMenNeedsKindHandsLawUsedGivenRightsConditionsHe ManDevelopmentHonorEqualLaborHarmonyProfitProtectionFacultyWomens RightsSelect Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
“The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give. When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great a risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does, he will have greater respect for Afro-American life. The more the Afro-American yields and cringes and begs, the more he has to do so, the more he is insulted, outraged and lynched.” KnowsMenGivingShouldWellsDoeHomeRunningLawUsedBlackWhiteTeachGreaterRiskHonorLessonsShould HaveVictimRefuseProtectionDustYieldWhite ManPonderingRiflesAmerican LifeInsultedBitingOutragedCringeAggressorsAfros Book:On Lynchings Source: On Lynchings
“If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.” PeopleIfsTwoCountryUsedSpiritCultureLanguageSkyHonorLimitsCommitmentLettersIndiaTerroristTiesTerritoryCooperationPakistanPromotingTwo CountriesSky Is The Limit Author:Manmohan Singh
“I've had the great honor of traveling across the world on behalf of our country. I've been to countries where governments either forced women to have abortions, like they used to do in China, or forced women to bear children, like the used to do in Romania.” WorldChildrenCountryGovernmentUsedBearsHonorChinaOur CountryAbortionBehalfRomania Author:Hillary Clinton
“Something good made something bad possible (though not inevitable). Humans, however, didn't use their freedom well. Instead of using it to honor God in friendship, they used it to rebel.” HumansWellsMadeUseUsedHonorInevitableRebel Author:Greg Koukl
“I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.” SometimesProblemUsedDisciplineHonorI RealizedUsed To BeRacistEmbarrassment Book:Shrovetide in old New Orleans Source: Shrovetide in old New Orleans
“Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor.” IfsTwoUsedCausesHonorHipsMusclesTargetBadgesCrunchAbdominalsSoreness Author:Sylvester Stallone
“If you ever put a student at this school in danger again-' 'Oh, I thought you Gallagher Girls were immune to danger.' Despite the hundred girls the filled the foyer, no one moved or gasped or tried to defend our honor. We stood silently, waiting for our headmistress to say, 'Oh, we are quite used to being underestimated, Agent Townsend. In fact, we welcome it.” IfsFactsSchoolUsedGirlWaitingDangerStudentsHonorHundredMovedFilledDespiteWelcomeAgentsImmuneUnderestimatedGallagherFoyersGallagher GirlHeadmistress Author:Ally Carter
“You aristocratic ladies and your gold-plated twats. You always think it's such a honor for me to touch you." He surveyed her with mocking green eyes. "You think you're the first high-kick wench I've ever had? I used to have blue-blooded bitches like you pay me to do this. You've gotten it for free.” ThinkingFirstsEyeUsedPayLike YouHonorGoldBlueGreenKicksGreen EyesAristocraticWenches Author:Lisa Kleypas
“Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate people whose miracle is a Book from an unlettered man, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most articulate and eloquent human being who ever lived. We honor our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in honoring language that he loved so much and used so well.” PeopleMenLoveHumansWellsBookAgeUsedLanguageHuman BeingsKnownHonorBlessingAchievementMiracleProphetEloquent Author:Hamza Yusuf
“Jeremy used to hate it when she was younger because someone in her class told her redheads were freaks of nature.But our mother told her that redheads were genetically more courageous than other people and that she should always where her hair long,like a wariors badge of honor.” PeopleShouldLongUsedMotherHateClassHairHonorCourageousFreakBadges Book:Slob Source: Slob