Self Respect quotes
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Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
-- Abdul Kalam -
Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background,
-- Ahmad Jamal -
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
-- Ayn Rand -
Learn to live in this world with self-respect
-- B. R. Ambedkar -
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It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
-- Barry Gibb -
Never follow the crowd.
-- Bernard Baruch -
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.
-- Carl Sandburg -
I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.
-- Charles Peguy -
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No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
-- Edwin Hubbel Chapin -
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
-- Elbert Hubbard -
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
-- Emile Chartier -
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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
-- Eric Hoffer -
It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.
-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld -
When you have self-respect, you have enough.
-- Gail Sheehy -
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect
-- George Sand -
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Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.
-- Gina Carano -
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
-- Harvey Mackay -
The truest self-respect is not to think of self.
-- Henry Ward Beecher -
Self-respect is the best of all.
-- Hosea Ballou -
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
-- Jack Canfield -
It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.
-- Jim Courier -
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
-- Jim Rohn -
We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
-- John Herschel -
Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.
-- John Herschel -
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
-- John Milton -
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You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.
-- Joseph Joubert -
Stop running to those who ignore you and start running to those who adore you.
-- Joseph Simmons -
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
-- Josh Billings -
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
-- Joyce Meyer -
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There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.
-- Julia Cameron -
I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.
-- Kristy Swanson -
What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!
-- Kurt Vonnegut -
I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.
-- Little Milton -
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Self-respect knows no considerations.
-- Mahatma Gandhi -
What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?
-- Maria Callas -
Criticism is just someone's opinion you don't agree with!
-- Mariela Dabbah -
An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.
-- Mark Twain -
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True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.
-- Naoki Higashida -
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
-- Nathaniel Branden -
Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
-- Nathaniel Branden -
One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.
-- Oscar Wilde -
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You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!
-- Queen Latifah -
Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are.
-- Richard Bach -
Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.
-- Robert Downey, Jr. -
Know yourself. Feel yourself. Love yourself. Respect yourself. Take good care of yourself. You are your most precious possession on Earth.
-- Robert Muller -
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But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth
-- Rozz Williams -
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.
-- Sandra Cisneros -
When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!
-- Tae Yun Kim -
Few are fit to be entrusted with themselves.
-- Thomas Fuller -
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Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
-- Thucydides -
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
-- Walt Whitman -
You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.
-- Wendelin Van Draanen -
I am convinced that what has the greatest meaning for us is what we uncover for ourselves.
-- Elizabeth O'Connor -
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Flatter yourself critically.
-- Willis Regier -
Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect.
-- Abraham Low -
It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.
-- Madeleine de Scudery
