Imelda Marcos Quotes

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.

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

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.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.

It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.

He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

Kings need the company of the intelligent far more than the intelligent need the company of kings.

On the most exalted throne in the world, we are still seated on nothing but our arse.

Sirs, strive not: lead men courteously, and my son, to my cousin the prince, and strive not for my taking, for I am so great a lord to make you all rich

Persons in high situations must particularly guard themselves against selfishness and vanity. An individual in a high and important situation will easily see a great many persons eager to please the first, and to flatter and encourage the last.

The power of recognition gives you the power to set the agenda.

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

I have an impact and people look up to me now. It's more than the money.

I feel people look up to me.

It'd be nice if people consider me somewhat of an ambassador.

When you walk out here with the Bobcats logo, stand for something. Not wearing your hat to the back, sagging jeans. Be a professional, that's how I present myself to them.

I had worked hard my entire career to establish myself as a leader. But I wasn't a leader until I was perceived as one.

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

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.