Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

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.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

I would rather be respected than elected.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

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

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

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

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

The first impression that one gets of a ruler and his ability is from seeing the men that he has about him.

It is not the places which grace men, but men the places.

The men who have led the House, whose names have become a splendid tradition to their successors, have gained prominence not through luck or by mere accident. They have had ability, at least in some degree; but more than that, they have had character.

A lot of people think being at the top means you have to be the best at a certain game. You don't. It's more about personality.

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

I haven't been given a lot of respect in the division. But you know what? I'm OK with earning it.

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

The House shewes the owner.

Barack Obama is a man of great dignity.

What can be more honorable than to have courage enough to execute the commands of reason and conscience,--to maintain the dignity of our nature, and the station assigned us?

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.