Vartan Gregorian Quotes

As long as I can look my family in the face every day, and they know what type of person I am, I'm cool.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

My dad has worked so hard his whole life. He doesn't deserve to see his daughters going out embarrassing themselves and flashing their knickers. I want to make my parents proud.

My children feel proud of me. Since their father is honest, they have nothing to be ashamed about.

If I ever spat at an opponent, I'd never be able to show my face to my family ever again.

One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I would rather have honesty and character than prestige and wealth. I can walk and ride the streets of this city, hold my head up, and look all men in the face.

It is more honorable to walk in dignity than to ride in humiliation.

The only respect you should have is the one you earn.

I try to handle myself with dignity.

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.

My self-respect is very dear to me.

Come on, just because I'm an entertainer it doesn't mean I don't have any dignity!

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.

Without dignity, identity is erased.

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

I still had some honor... I still have some now.