L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

I must contend that the liberty and perhaps the lives of so many valuable & estimable Americans ought not to be sacrificed to points of honor, taken in the abstract.

I never regret what I do. I'm very proud of every work I have done.

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core.

Remember this well. There are two kind of fights. As long as we place ourselves in battle, we must always know the difference: fights to defend life... and fights to defend pride.

People around you should really have nothin' to say. Me, I'm just proud of the fact that you've done it your way.

I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

If you choose the liberty and pride and strength of the single soul, and the free fraternization of men, as the purpose which your life is to make manifest then do not sell it for tinsel. Think that your soul is strong and will hold its way; and slowly, through bitter struggle perhaps the strength will grow.

Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.

The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.

Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my pride.

Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.

You must keep your honor! You can't speak for the country; you can do little about the national economy or actions of moral weaklings who excuse themselves with the expression, "That is politics; nor can you be responsible for deception in others. But you are responsible for yourself! There are no collective panaceas - only individual ones."

Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.

Defend my honor - Protect my pride

Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.

Virtue would not make such advances if there were not a little vanity to keep it company.

Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.