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“Let every lion do his duty.”
J.P. Morgan
Duty
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Responsibility
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Honor
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Action
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Commitment
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“I feel bound in honour when I reorganise a property and am morally responsible for its management, to protect it – and I generally do protect it.”
J.P. Morgan
Honor
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Responsibility
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Management
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Integrity
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Trust
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“All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.”
Andrew Carnegie
Honor
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Integrity
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Responsibility
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Consequences
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Morality
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“Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea.”
Charles Lamb
Patriotism
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Nation
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Honor
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Pride
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Freedom
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“Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o’er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!”
Charles Lamb
Betrayal
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Justice
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Freedom
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War
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Honor
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“Oh, breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour’d his relics are laid.”
Charles Lamb
Silence
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Memory
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Honor
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Loss
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Reflection
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“Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne’er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.”
Charles Lamb
Wit
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Honor
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Intelligence
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Debate
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Morality
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“My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.”
Jimmy Carter
Gettysburg
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War
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History
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Legacy
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Honor
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“The family feuds or the village feuds often had to do with an idea of honor. Perhaps it was a peasant idea; perhaps this idea of honor is especially important to a society without recourse to law or without confidence in law.”
V.S. Naipaul
Honor
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Society
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Conflict
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Tradition
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Justice
10.
“Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.”
Pythagoras
Justice
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Divinity
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Righteousness
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Morality
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Honor
11.
“But respect yourself most of all.”
Pythagoras
Self-Respect
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Honor
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Dignity
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Integrity
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Worth
12.
“God is the brave man’s hope, and not the coward’s excuse.”
Plutarch
Faith
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Courage
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Strength
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Honor
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Belief
13.
“Immoderate grief is selfish, harmful, brings no advantage to either the mourner or the mourned, and dishonors the dead.”
Plutarch
Grief
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Loss
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Selfishness
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Wisdom
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Honor
14.
“Come back with your shield – or on it.”
Plutarch
Honor
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Duty
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Bravery
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Sacrifice
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War
15.
“It was glorious to acquire a throne by justice, yet more glorious to prefer justice before a throne; the same virtue which made the one appear worthy of regal power exalted the other to the disregard of it.”
Plutarch
Justice
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Power
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Virtue
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Honor
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Kingship
16.
“When someone asked Demaratus why the Spartans disgrace those who throw away their shields but not those who abandon their breastplates or helmets, he said that they put the latter on for their own sakes but the shield for the sake of the whole line.”
Plutarch
Duty
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Sacrifice
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Honor
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Unity
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Sparta
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“A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, “As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it.””
Plutarch
Bravery
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Honor
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Duty
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War
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Tradition
18.
“Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.”
Plutarch
Heritage
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Merit
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Legacy
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Honor
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Ancestry
19.
“I confess myself the greatest coward in the world, for I dare not do an ill thing.”
Plutarch
Integrity
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Morality
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Conscience
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Fear
,
Honor
20.
“Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.”
Plutarch
Poverty
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Honor
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Work
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Responsibility
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Character
21.
“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
Plutarch
Ancestry
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Heritage
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Legacy
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Honor
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Lineage
22.
“Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.”
Plutarch
Valor
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Honor
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Respect
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Strength
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Conflict
23.
“To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.”
Plutarch
Honor
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Morality
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Context
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Judgment
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Ethics
24.
“I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.”
Plutarch
Humility
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Honor
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Legacy
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Reputation
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Wisdom
25.
“I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bodybuilding
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Career
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Public Service
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Honor
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Growth
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“Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.”
Anton Chekhov
Honor
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Morality
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Ethics
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Judgment
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Society
27.
“No one should ever be disrespected.”
Chanakya
Respect
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Kindness
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Humanity
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Wisdom
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Honor
28.
“The disgrace of one’s people brings sorrow to the noble-minded.”
Chanakya
Honor
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Shame
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Society
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Leadership
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Integrity
29.
“The demerits of our own people bring infamy. Their disgrace is our own disgrace. That is why infamy of such people really hurts. It is desirable that the ruler or the administrator may work in a way that such disgraceful conduct may not occur.”
Chanakya
Honor
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Reputation
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Leadership
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Responsibility
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Society
30.
“It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.”
Chanakya
Honor
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Dignity
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Life
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Death
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Integrity
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