Elizabeth I Quotes

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

All is lost save honor.

I may have been fierce, but never low or underhand.

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

Honor does not have to be defended.

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.

Well, honor is the subject of my story.

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

Honor is but an empty bubble.

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

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

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

He will have true glory who despises it.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

The only shame is to have none.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I promise not to become a source of shame for you.