Charles Edison Quotes

The dignity of Peter suffers no diminution even in an unworthy successor

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

It is not the places which grace men, but men the places.

Like I always say, the man makes the title; the title doesn't make the man.

Barack Obama is a man of great dignity.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

I respect my father as a father, but I also respect him as an honorable chairman.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

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

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

The Decalogue and the Golden Rule have no place in a political campaign. The commander who lost the battle through the activity of his moral nature would be the derision and jest of history.

No doubt history will say that Eisenhower was a soldier. For my part, I will remember, above all, his goodness. He was a fundamentally good man who knew how to be loved by the Americans.

On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Growing up, we talked about all you have is your last name. That's what people will remember you by and that's how people know you. You have to do everything you can to not blemish your last name.

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.

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

At the end of the day, who you are as a man is more important than who you are as a football player.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

I don't think about my legacy, if indeed, I have one.

You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. That's all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you don't have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken.