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Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but his goodness.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.

If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.

Ability without honor is useless.

How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw flowers beneath the feet of God!... I was never so happy as when I saw my roses touch the sacred Monstrance.

Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a furtherance to me in my Christian cause.

Faith, whereby especially Christ rules, sets the soul so high that it looks down on all other things as far below, as having represented to it, by the Spirit of Christ, riches, honor, beauty and pleasures of a higher nature.

Your value is nothing if you cannot honor your word. If you do not mean what you say, you are the most mean person on the Earth.

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

Surely we have a responsibility to finally listen to - and honor - the siren calls of our souls, which have been silenced by our egos throughout our lives? How else can we connect with our essence, the source of our calling?

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living in one, or the other. But only one. A country where our president either has our back or turns his back; a country that honors our foremothers by moving us forward, or one that forces our generation to re-fight the battles they already won; a country where we mean it when we talk about personal freedom, or one where that freedom doesn't apply to our bodies and our voices.

Honor to those who in the life they lead_x000D__x000D_define and guard a Thermopylae._x000D__x000D_Never betraying what is right,_x000D__x000D_consistent and just in all they do_x000D__x000D_but showing pity also, and compassion;_x000D__x000D_generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,_x000D__x000D_still generous in small ways,_x000D__x000D_still helping as much as they can;_x000D__x000D_always speaking the truth,_x000D__x000D_yet without hating those who lie. _x000D__x000D_And even more honor is due to them_x000D__x000D_when they foresee (as many do foresee)_x000D__x000D_that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance,_x000D__x000D_that the Medes will break through after all.

Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

For decades, this great leader, often at Dr. King’s side, was denied his rightful place in history because he was openly gay. No medal can change that, but today, we honor Bayard Rustin’s memory by taking our place in his march towards true equality, no matter who we are or who we love.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.

Love, honor, and negotiate.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.