Portuguese Proverb Quotes

Ability without honor is useless.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

More precious is want with honesty than wealth with infamy.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

May Honor be given to whom Honor may be due.

The Decalogue and the Golden Rule have no place in a political campaign. The commander who lost the battle through the activity of his moral nature would be the derision and jest of history.

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.

I have nothing left but my integrity.

Virtue is the first title of nobility.