Wayne Rogers Quotes

Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.

I'm not going to compromise and settle for what I feel is less than I deserve or less than anyone deserves.

There are some people who feel that they deserve a particular award or recognition, but I don't fall in that category.

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

I have to prove myself five times over.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

Abuse is getting people preferential treatment when they're not entitled to it. Getting them something they're entitled to, fighting for it, that's me, all the way.

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

I don't like talking about not getting what you deserve, because that has no part to play in football. You get what you get.

If you think you're good enough, then you find it preposterous when somebody doesn't acknowledge that... That's propelled me in many ways - maybe thinking I deserve things that I don't at some time. But I'm always willing to put in the work.

People are going to give me the respect I deserve.

I'm going to get paid what I deserve off of what I bring to the table.

I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining.

I don't think anybody deserves anything than what they already have because I believe everyone gets what they deserve.

A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.

I am not owed anything in this life, especially in wrestling.

For if the world treats you well, Sir, you come to believe you are deserving of it.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn!

When a man is right he wants to get all that is coming to him for being right.