Robert Byrd Quotes

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

I will never stoop low to do certain things on camera.

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.

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.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

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.

My father was a certain kind of man - I saw how he treated my mother and his family and how he treated strangers. And I vowed I would never make a film that would not reflect properly on my father's name.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

I'm proud of my dad's name. But I'm not running on my dad's name. I'm running on my dad's values.

I am not going to do anything that embarrasses my parents.

I didn't take all the films that were offered, just those with dignity.

I don't care about the respect of the press or the public or anybody. Whose respect every day I'm trying to garner is the respect of my children and my grandchildren and my friends, the people I work with.

No one ever lost his honor, except he who had it not.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.