Unearned Respect Quotes

I'm not one of those who gets star struck at all, I don't feel I should give someone so much importance just because they are famous.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.

Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.

John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.

He's perfectly willing to recklessly risk American military lives although he has never worn the uniform of his country for even a day.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity.