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by gone on February 14th, 2007

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How do you define personal honor?

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  • by LynfromNM on February 14th, 2007

    LynfromNM

    Honor is personal integrity. It means you have integrated your principles into your character, and that is who you are.
    A person who has personal honor has conscientiously determined the standards by which s/he will live, and proceeds to carry them out, without fail, regardless of difficulty and in the face of opposition.
    Please note that it is not enough to "have" standards. In order to have personal honor, one lives those principles, acts upon them, exercises them.
    "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
    ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • by FLYxNIGHT on February 24th, 2007

    FLYxNIGHT

    To me, honor is the willingness to do the right thing in any situation, regardless of the consequences.

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  • by jin jang on March 22nd, 2007

    jin jang

    Being true to oneself,and face up to our shortcomings,to better our personal traits.

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  • by P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines on February 24th, 2007

    P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines

    I define it by living by what you belive and always being honest about what that is to you. And by always doing what is right no matter how hard it is.

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  • by Patti jo on February 24th, 2007

    Patti jo

    Learning to love who you are

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  • by Metaphiz on February 14th, 2007

    Metaphiz

    If you've never watched the movie "Excallibur", there is a scene that has always stuck out in my mind when I think of honor.

    King Aurthor was fighting against a nobleman and his fellow knights that refused to follow him as king. It ended when Aurthor was told, by one of the resisting knights, that he would not follow one that is not a knight as well. In response Aurthor handed him his sword, in the midst of battle, and said, "Then you shall knight me." The knight, overwhelmed with emotion for witnessing such bravery and honor, knelt down immediately and swore his allegience to his new king.

    Honor is defending those that are weak with your own blood, yeilding when you are wrong, always speaking truth, and never breaking a promise.

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  • by angel on February 17th, 2008

    angel

    Doing what you think is right, even if everyone else is doing it differently , for one thing

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  • by Halskiisaklink on February 24th, 2007

    Halskiisaklink

    I don't. Honour isn't a word I use. It connotes self-righteousness, and along with that sexism, elitism and classism.

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