Tones and I Quotes

I know I'm a good person.

I was raised to believe in myself. I know I'm cool. I'm not trying to brag or say I'm the man or anything like that. I don't lie or cheat, and I'm not mean to anybody. I treat people with respect.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

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

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

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.

I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

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.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

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.

People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've always stood for.

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

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Parents: instead of teaching our children to be brave boys or pretty girls, can we maybe just teach them how to be good humans?

I care about the people I know and love the most, but I also care about what the people I don't know think in the sense that I want them to think and understand me in a certain way. I don't base my life around either one, and I don't change the way I live to please either set of people, but I do care.

Deep down inside, I know I'm a very good person.

I'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.