Richard Harris Barham Quotes

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

A sword's honor is its idleness.

A very perfect gentle knight.

One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.

I've never backed down from a challenge.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

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.

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

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

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

All is lost save honor.

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

Nobody intimidates me.

True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.

I used to not back down from a challenge.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.