Stellan Skarsgard Quotes

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

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.

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

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

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.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

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.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

On the whole, it is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

There is a solid satisfaction in one's having and being conscious that he merits the good opinion of men of true discernment and real worth. But to have a name among the weak and the wicked is shame and reproach.

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

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

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

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

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.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

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.

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

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

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

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.