Jonathan Tucker Quotes

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

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

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.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

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

Fame and success and titles stay with you, but they wear out eventually. In the end, all that you are left with is your character.

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

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

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

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

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

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.

I don't want to be known for bad things in life, ever. I should be known for my work. People should love me for my work.

I would rather be respected than elected.

Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you while you're still alive.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.