The reason why respect is paid to age is that old people have necessarily shown in the course of their lives whether or not they have been able to maintain their honor unblemished; while that of young people has not been put to the proof, though they are credited with the possession of it.
Arthur Schopenhauer
If ever we have had an opportunity of seeing how the greatest of men will meet with nothing but slight from half-a-dozen blockheads, we shall understand that to lay great value upon what other people say is to pay them too much honor.
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.
Publilius Syrus
A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw
Better be without money than without honor.
Norwegian proverbs
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Bible
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
Philip Massinger
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
Isaac Newton
We laugh at honor, and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
C.S Lewis
