Sentence examples for Honorable action from inspiring English sources

Even so, the primal values of right and wrong — the requirements of compassion, honesty and honorable action — still apply.

For Aristotle, the pleasure associated with honorable action was virtue, whereas the pleasure associated with "evil action" was vice — a genuine mix of guilt and pleasure by another name.

If we aim to restore honor to public service, we must educate government workers to understand the need for honorable action.

Acknowledging "less than honorable" actions by the United States against Hawaiian natives more than a century ago, the federal government recommended today that their descendants be given the same sovereign status as most Indian tribes.

She had no reason to believe that she could accomplish anything, let alone turn the tide for France and be martyred for her honorable actions.

For instance, when Alexander first claims that Aristotle means to show that knowledge is more honorable than action, he says that action aims at some end other than itself.

But it was the only honorable course of action open to him.

(In 1948, Ernest Hemingway instructed his lawyer not to take advantage of a tax loophole without first determining "whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take". Hemingway conceded that he could use the extra money, but declared, "I do not wish to squawk about being hit financially any more than I would squawk about being hit physically").

Given that choice, as men (NABM forbids women to serve as ordained chaplains) of God the only honorable course of action for most will be to resign their commissions and return to civilian ministry.

The Navy, which learned about Commander Dickinson's outside work weeks ago, has placed her on administrative leave while it considers a less-than-honorable discharge, an action that could affect her retirement benefits.

It's important for the American people and the world to know that while these terrible acts were perpetrated by a small number of U.S. military, they were also brought to light by the honorable and responsible actions of other military personnel.