Top Honors Quotes
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
Walt Whitman
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
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.
Joe Barton
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
Lionel Trilling
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It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
Mark Twain 
64% of people like this quote
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.
Walt Whitman 
59% of people like this quote
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 
58% of people like this quote
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.
Joe Barton 
58% of people like this quote
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
Lionel Trilling 
57% of people like this quote
I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.
Melissa Bean 
57% of people like this quote
The Nobel Prize is given as a personal award but it also honors the field of research in which I have worked and it also honors my students and colleagues.
Robert Hofstadter 
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle 
55% of people like this quote
Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon McLaughlin 
55% of people like this quote
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