Honor quotes

“You go to the movies, you read books. A military leader is always portrayed as slightly insane. Very often more than slightly. That's because it is insane to cling to honor in a world where honor is held in contempt.”
George C. Scott - General Harlan Bache

“- General Richter: Shoots himself in the chest and misses his heart? What was he mumbling?
- General Bonner Fellers: He was apologizing for taking so long to die.
- General Richter: These people are barbaric.
- General Bonner Fellers: They have different ideas of honor.”

Colin Moy - General Richter
Matthew Fox - General Bonner Fellers

“We joined the Marines because we wanted to live our lives by a certain code, and we found it in the Corps. Now you're asking us to sign a piece of paper that says we have no honor. You're asking us to say we're not Marines. If a court decides that what we did was wrong, then I'll accept whatever punishment they give. But I believe I was right...” (continue)(continue reading)
Wolfgang Bodison - Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson

“We knights are blessed in that we do not run from it. We seek it, grasp it by the throat and demand honor in our passing.”

Mads Mikkelsen - Tristan

“To become a member of a crew you've got to be one hundred per cent Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and crew. It means that nobody can fuck around with you. It also means you could fuck around with anybody just as long as they...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ray Liotta - Henry Hill

“You're fighting for this woman's honor - which is probably more than she ever did.”
Groucho Marx - Rufus T. Firefly

“The Institute's code of honor is a simple one. A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do. It is a simple code, but it is a stern code. There are no second chances here. One is either an honorable man or one is not! And the Institute does not forgive. Make no mistake, gentlemen. Life here is hard. But the Institute's unique...” (continue)(continue reading)
G.D. Spradlin - Gen. Bentley Durrell

“- Jean-Luc Picard: If I may, just a word of advice about your first command?
- William Riker: Anything.
- Jean-Luc Picard: When your first officer insists that you can't go on away missions...
- William Riker: Ignore him. I intend to. Serving with you... has been an honor.
- Jean-Luc Picard: The honor was mine, Captain.”

Sir Patrick Stewart - Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes - William Riker

“I realise now that it is too late, that honor does not live in the name. It comes from what you carry in your heart.”
Hilary Swank - Jeanne St. Remy de Valois

“Men have minds like moral flypaper. They will forgive a woman almost anything except the loss of her good name.”
Jodhi May - Grace Julia Stepney

“There was a time when our enemies knew honor.”
Hal Yamanouchi - Yashida

“- Referee: You are here on a matter of honor. I am here to see that you settle it honorably. There will be no back-stabbing, you will not throw your blades, nor will you use weapons other than those agreed. If quarter should be asked...
- Robert Roy MacGregor: No quarter will be asked.
- Archibald Cunningham: Or given.”
John Murtagh - Referee
Liam Neeson - Rob Roy
Tim Roth - Cunningham

“Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.”
Timothy Spall - Simon Graham

“A man of honor always pays his debts... and keeps his word.”
Paul Newman - John Rooney

“Have you ever heard of honor amongst thieves? We might live outside the law but we respect each other.”
Justin Whalin - Ridley Freeborn

"Honor is the gift a man gives himself". You told our boys that. Would you have stolen from yourself that which makes you Robert Roy MacGregor?

Jessica Lange - Mary

“The man who honors his teacher honors himself.”
Collin Chou - Jade Warlord

“- Dave Moss: He's the top man on the board so he doesn't have to sit here and listen to this shit?
- Williamson: That's correct! And as the hour is waning I suggest you those of you who are interested in a continuing job with this organization, get to work!”

Ed Harris - Dave Moss
Kevin Spacey - John Williamson

“- Mayor John Pappas: You don't know what menschkeit means?
- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: No, I don't.
- Mayor John Pappas: Menschkeit, you know... something between men... it's about honor, and character... untranslatable. That's why it's Yiddish.”
Al Pacino - Mayor John Pappas
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun

“You haven't kept your word once. Not once. In our family, the Bush family, we honor our commitments.”

James Cromwell - George H. W. Bush

“- Donna Keppel: Ok, I'm sorry. Would you just explain to me, why do you care? What do you get? A bouquet of roses and a tacky tiara you can only wear to proms?
- Lisa Hines: It's not about what you get. It's like, it's about the honor, you know. It's about the respect of my peers.”
Brittany Snow - Donna Keppel
Dana Davis - Lisa Hines

“- Lt. Col. James Doolittle: You know what top secret is?
- Capt. Rafe McCawley: Yes, sir. It's the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send 'em to your relatives.”
Alec Baldwin - Lt. Col. James Doolittle
Ben Affleck - Capt. Rafe McCawley

“- General Bonner Fellers: McArthur believes in honor.
- General Richter: And glory. His own, of course. At your expense.”
Matthew Fox - General Bonner Fellers
Colin Moy - General Richter

“- Bowen: We made a bargain, remember? One dragon put down, one bag of gold.
- Gilbert of Glockenspur: Your honor has a price, Sir Knight?
- Bowen: It has expenses. Honor won't feed my belly nor shoe my horse.”

Dennis Quaid - Bowen
Pete Postlethwaite - Gilbert of Glockenspur

“As a black man in America, my stress comes from everywhere. Recognize. Take a look around you. Look at this, Columbus, it disgusts me. Fool wasn't nothin' but a thief, mass murder. He done slaughtered millions of native Americans, and we done got a holiday and university named after his honor.”
Omar Epps - Malik Williams