Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died not just those fallen in service to our country.

I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.

We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you they will honor and serve you.

To honor our national promise to our veterans we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.

As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free and proud and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.

It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It was such an incredible honor to be asked and I am so proud of what we and the Alexander McQueen team have created.

Remember as long as you live that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.