August Alsina Quotes

I've always been a proud man.

Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's message made a whole lot of people feel whole again, human being again. Some of them came out and found a new meaning to their manhood and their womanhood.

I'm a human being before anything else.

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.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I'm a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

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.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

My name is more important than myself.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

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

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.

It is more honorable to walk in dignity than to ride in humiliation.

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.

Don't think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!

I like to believe that there is dignity in everything.

All I want is respect.

At the end of the day, who you are as a man is more important than who you are as a football player.

I've been called Mr. Eddie's brother, but I don't trip on that. Whether you realize it or not, that's a sign of disrespect. If you address me, call me by my name. You can't lower me or make me feel uncomfortable.

Sometime in my 20s, a wise mentor said something that dramatically changed my outlook and that has stayed with me ever since. She told me to 'wear the mantle with dignity and pride.'