Earned Respect Quotes

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.

I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.

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.

Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.

I'd rather they call me a national treasure than a national waste of time. And yes, it does feel good, but I've had to earn it.

I feel like I've earned respect with how I go about my business, how I carry myself.

I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you've been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn't just get it. You took it.

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

Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.

Conduct, and conduct alone, entitles to respect: that not what men are, but what they do, constitutes their claim to deference … merit, and not birth, is the only rightful claim to power and authority

I didn't think anyone who had to demand respect ever got it.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

If you apologize to me, I look at it as an insult because my parents, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, like every other culture out there, did exactly what they needed to do. They worked hard, and they became part of the American way, and they earned the respect of Americans across the board. We need to do the same.

At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

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.

That's the big thing - having the other guys' respect in the locker room. You can't come in with no respect and try to own the place.

Every leader needs to remember that a healthy respect for authority takes time to develop. It’s like building trust. You don’t instantly have trust, it has to be earned.

Now there are times when I have to make big decisions as I'm now running a company and that it's OK to go with being respected first.

I mean you have to work hard to earn respect and make people respect you. When I come to the presence of any room or any place, people give me the most high respects and I'm gracious and appreciative of that.

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

Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket. "Where does it come from?" "From the men who give it to you. That's the only way to get it.

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.