Ziad K. Abdelnour 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.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

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

When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.

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

I'd rather be respected than loved.

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.

I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.

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

Better to be disliked than pitied.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn't like that? Having said that, I don't take it as any pressure.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

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.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

All I want is respect.

I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.

I feel I have to earn everybody's respect.