#honor

A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether what he is doing is right or wrong.

The greatest honor you can pay to virtue is to practice it when no one is watching and no reward is promised.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be.

Neither in war nor in the courts of law ought any man to use every craft to escape death.

Wherever a man has taken a position that he believes to be best, there he must remain and face danger, taking into account neither death nor anything else before dishonor.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of; for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again.

The magnanimous person does not run into trifling dangers, but in great dangers he is unsparing of his life, knowing that there are terms on which life is not worth living.

It is the mark of an honorable man to remember benefits received, but to be reluctant to remember those he has conferred.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

To be loved is near to being honored, and honor is what most men covet; but true friendship is chosen for itself alone.

It is neither easy nor right to abandon a longstanding friendship that was grounded in virtue.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is ready, in great crises, to give even his life.

True courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing before all the world.

Most men expose themselves to danger enough in war to save their honor, but few are willing to expose themselves as much as the success of the enterprise requires.

A scholar is honored in his own country; a man of virtue is honored everywhere.

Treat a guest with honor and generosity.

Preserve your dignity even in the midst of poverty.

Honor those who speak truth to power.

Live with honor, govern with justice, and protect the weak.

Honor is dearer than life itself to the noble soul; they give up life rather than compromise honor. (Kural 964)

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king? Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

The soul is an eternal guest in the tent of the body; treat the traveler with royal honor.

A true warrior bears his battle scars as the sacred jewelry of honor.

When an elder dies, an entire library burns to the ground.

The companion of true virtue is eternal honor.

Cattle die, kinsmen die, and you yourself must die; but the fair fame of an honorable life never dies.