“I have been asked what I mean by ‘word of honor.’ I will tell you: Place me behind prison walls--walls of stone ever so high, ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground--there is a possibility that in some way or another I might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first.”

-Karl G. Maeser

This statement means that our word is way more powerful than anything. Even if you promise to not do something even if it is easy, you wouldn’t do it because you promise not to. Your word of honor is something very powerful and some will rather die than break it. Karl mentions how he will try to get out of prison, but if he was surround by a circle and promise to never get out he won’t because he promised. Although getting out of a circle is way easier and isn’t breaking the law like getting out of prison is he will still stay in that circle. This is because he believes that your word of honor is more powerful than any law. For example, if someone tells me a secret and I give them my word than I will not say anything because I gave my word. I believe that a promise is meant to always be kept no matter what. Even if you aren’t friends with that person anymore, you promise you won’t say anything so you don’t. You don’t go behind that person’s back no matter what happens in the future. I live by that, I believe that, “A promise is a promise and it’s meant to be kept.” This relates to the statement because you gave your word, so you have to keep it.