Respect Quote by James Atlas

A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.

— James Atlas

Let no one imagine that he will lose anything of human dignity by this voluntary sell-out of his all to his God. He does…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“In a dying civilisation, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician but of the man with the best beside manner. It…

— Eric Ambler

“He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least, in the…

— K.J. Bishop

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

— Thomas Paine

Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards.…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

— Thomas Browne

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

— Horace

True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of…

— William Wordsworth

Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.

— Felix Dennis