Chris Long Quotes

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.

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

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.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

It's something I take a lot of pride in, that people compliment me and hold me in high regard.

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right.

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.

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

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

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

I shall always be proud of what I've done, regardless of what you journalists or anybody can say.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

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

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.

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.

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

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.

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.

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

Honor does not have to be defended.

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