Samuel Jesse Battle Quotes

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

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.

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

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

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

Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to.

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.

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

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.

I was raised right. I dig who I am.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

I've always been a proud man.

Self-respect and prosperity are the most effective guardian of morals.

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say, he obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.

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

I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.

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

There is such a thing as honest pride and self-respect.

One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

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

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.