Joe Frazier Quotes

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

Self-deprecation is not the answer to humility.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

I never like to say that I'm better than anybody else.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

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.

He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

At the highest level of your craft, you don't have to play games or make people feel small; you can just embrace.

And there has to be a level of gratitude and a little bit of pride. But I want that pride to be quick so that I don't soak in it too much. Because I've met a lot of jerks in this business. And I don't want to be one.

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves.

I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

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.