#honor

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

#calamity #consequent #defended #equals #follows

I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever. ↗

— Jim Valvano

#arthur ashe #ashe #breath #certainly #even

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. ↗

— William Cobbett

#arising #been #called #desire #destructive

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beat #begins #fails #finish #first

It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#actions #capable #consider #dishonorable #effect

And much as Wine has played the Infidel, And robbed me of my Robe of Honor Well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the stuff they sell. ↗

— Edward Fitzgerald

#half #honor #i #me #much

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. ↗

— Confucius

#because #book #books #brings #honored

I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honorable manner. I have endeavored to remember that the object of life is to do good. ↗

— Peter Cooper

#business #endeavored #good #honorable #i

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch? ↗

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

#consulting #gives #god #him #honoring

It's a younger generation running the show, and I miss the generation we had in the '70s. They were really very honorable guys, like Neal Bogart and Bill Graham, people who will never be around again. ↗

— Peter Criss

#around #bill #bogart #generation #graham