"We are men of action. Lies do not become us."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose."
— Garth Stein (The Art of Racing in the Rain)

"Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on."
— James Frey (A Million Little Pieces)

"There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot."
— Cormac McCarthy (All the Pretty Horses)

"...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

- Grandpa Chet"
— Wendelin Van Draanen (Flipped)

"Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill."
— Brian Jacques (High Rhulain)

"The virtuous man contents himself with dreaming that which the wicked man does in actual life."
— Sigmund Freud (The Interpretation of Dreams)

"Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor."
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us."
— Louisa May Alcott (Little Men)

"A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin)"
— Maester Aemon

"When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]"
— Anne Bishop (Heir to the Shadows)

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."
— Socrates (Essential Thinkers - Socrates (Barnes & Noble Collector's Library))

"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."
— Mercedes Lackey (Exile's Honor)

"On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty To God and my country"
— Boy Scouts of America

"I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more."
— Richard Lovelace

"It would have, once. But I've learned that honor is not mesasured by words; it's mesasured by deeds."
— Creighton -Year of the Hangman

"I have been asked what I mean by “word of honor.” I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first."
— Karl G. Maeser

"Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah.
"Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a museum, but alas, I'm the only visitor, and even I am not terribly interested in the displays."
Hezekiah laughed, but there was affection in it. "I would love nothing better than to visit there. But I'm afraid I'd be tempted to loot the place, and carry it all away with me."
— Orson Scott Card (Heartfire)

"We find these joys to be self evident: That all children are created whole, endowed with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy of respect. The embodiment of life, liberty and happiness, children are original blessings, here to learn their own song. Every girl and boy is entitled to love, to dream and belong to a loving “village.” And to pursue a life of purpose.

We affirm our duty to nourish and nurture the young, to honour their caring ideals as the heart of being human. To recognize the early years as the foundation of life, and to cherish the contribution of young children to human evolution.

We commit ourselves to peaceful ways and vow to keep from harm or neglect these, our most vulnerable citizens. As guardians of their prosperity we honour the bountiful Earth whose diversity sustains us. Thus we pledge our love for generations to come. "
— Raffi

"Those who would give up essential liberties to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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— Benjamin Franklin

"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we wold appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."
— Socrates

"I have been loved by an honorable dog."
— Carmen Schwitzer

"Harper to your word be true
Holder, crafter you also hew
To honesty, integrity, and respect
All others without regard to intellect"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Harper)

"It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles."
— Niccolò Machiavelli

"'Better to die with honor than to live in dishonor, though a throne be served up as temptation. Perhaps it was not power I sought, but perfection of self' (319)."
— Piers Anthony (A Spell for Chameleon)

"Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor."
— Noah Webster (The Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary with King James Bible in Libronix CD)

"I said, 'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.'

'Ah!' said [Captain], 'I should think they never saw it. No doubt it is very fine when there is no enemy, when it is just exercise and parade, and sham-fight. Yes, it is very fine then; but when thousands of good brave men and horses are killed, or crippled for life, it has a very different look.'
'Do you know what they fought about?' said I.
'No,' he said, 'that is more than a horse can understand, but the enemy must have been awfully wicked people, if it was right to go all that way over the sea on purpose to kill them.'"
— Anna Sewell (Black Beauty)

""When you want to talk about honor, they want to talk about money. When you want to talk about money, they want to talk about gentility. They either get the notion of honor or they don't. And if they don't, you probably shouldn't be fucking with them.""
— Liam Rector

"The Mayor spoke proudly. 'Yes, they will light it. I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir, but—I do have a choice of how I do it. If I tell them not to fight, they will be sorry, but they will fight. If I tell them to fight, they will be glad, and I who am not a very brae man will have made them a little braver.' He smiled apologetically. 'You see, it is an easy thing to do, since the end for me is the same.'

Lanser said, "If you say yes, we can tell them you said no. We can tell them you begged for your life.'

And Winter broke in angrily, 'They would know. You do not keep secrets. One of your men got out of hand one night and he said the flies had conquered the flypaper, and now the whole nation knows his words. They have made a song of it. The flies have conquered the flypaper. You do not keep secrets, Colonel.'"
— John Steinbeck (The Moon Is Down)

"Seine Ehre kann auch der Arme behalten, nicht aber der Schlechte."
— Cervantes

"What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does."
— Gene Wolfe (The Wizard)

"...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride, a matter of how much I had in common with other people."
— Richard Wright (Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth)

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
— Thomas Jefferson

"As i love the name of honour more than i fear death"
— William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)

"Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

"'I don't want my kingdom this way,' Trent told her. 'Once I would have done it, but I have changed in twenty years, and in the past two weeks. I have learned the true history of Xanth, and I know too well the sorrow of untimely death. My honor came late to my life, but it grows stronger; it will not let me kill a man who has saved my life, and who is loyal to his unworthy monarch that he sacrifices his life in defense of the one who has exiled him.' He looked at the dying doe. 'And I would never voluntarily kill the girl who, lacking the intelligence to be cunning, yields up her own welfare for the life of that man. This is true love, of the kind I once knew. I could not save mine, but I would not destroy that of another. The throne simply is not worth this moral price.' (318-19)."
— Piers Anthony (A Spell for Chameleon)

""Can a magician kill a man by magic?" Lord Wellington asked Strange.
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could.""
— Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)

"The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory."
— Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey)