Quotes with honors

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  • Aristotle Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Horace Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Bob Schieffer And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.
    Bob Schieffer
    American television journalist (1937 - )
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  • Adam Clarke As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
    Adam Clarke
    British Methodist theologian (1760 - 1832)
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  • Confucius Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Aristotle Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Mignon McLaughlin Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Walt Whitman He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Plato Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Burgess Owens I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Mark Twain It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Jean Rostand It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Louisa May Alcott Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.
    Louisa May Alcott
    American Author (1832 - 1888)
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  • Ovid Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Abigail Adams Patriotism in the female sex is the most disinterested of all virtues. Excluded from honors and from offices, we cannot attach ourselves to the State or Government from having held a place of eminence.... Yet all history and every age exhibit instances of patriotic virtue in the female sex; which considering our situation equals the most heroic of yours.
    Letter to John Adams, 17 June 1782
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Malaysian politician (1939 - )
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  • Jean Cocteau 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, they finish by loading honors on your head.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • Philip Massinger True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
    Philip Massinger
    English dramatist (1583 - 1640)
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  • Harry S. Truman When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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