Circle of Honor
"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 thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is a possibility that in some way or another I may 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