Charlie Murphy Quotes

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone's mouth was 'Mister,' a sign of respect.

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.

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.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I'm a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

If a boy messes up, you walk away. If a boy isn't treating you right, you walk away. It sounds simpler than it is, but you can't allow yourself to be disrespected. You have to be a strong girl.

Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

I try to handle myself with dignity.

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

I may not be able to keep fighting for money for a living, but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am.

I believe no matter who you are, respect yourself, respect others.

You don't ever want to seem less than a person.

I'm a human being and I'm a man, so don't disrespect me.

Respect me at all means. No halfway disrespect.

Tell me, when do you become a respectable person in society? When you start respecting yourself. That is when you take care of yourself, that is when you comb your hair, groom yourself, and cleanse your body. You do all this because you respect yourself.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.