Self Respect And Love Quotes:

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

- Aberjhani

source: Aberjhani (2009). “The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009”, p.15, Lulu.com

topic: Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Rainbow, Women Self Respect, Great Self Esteem

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

- Mark Twain

topic: Confidence, Good Life, Inspirational Life, Inspiring Self Esteem, Building Confidence

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

- June Jordan

source: 1978 Address to Black Writers Conference, Howard University. Collected as 'Where Is the Love?' in Moving Towards Home (1989).

topic: Life, Happiness, Success, Loving Myself, Love Yourself More

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

- Miguel Angel Ruiz

topic: Acceptance, Self, Forgiving, Forgive Yourself, Love Grows

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

- Robert Hand

topic: Self Esteem, Needs, About Yourself, Inspiring Self Esteem, Confidence In Yourself

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

- Laurence Sterne

topic: Respect, Self Esteem, Ethics, Great Respect, Good Manners

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.

- Harper Lee

source: To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 23 (1960)

topic: Black And White, Men, Racism, Jem And Scout, Kill A Mockingbird Memorable

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Funny, Life, Leadership, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Cat

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

topic: Lying, Respect Women, Don't Lie, Lost Respect, Lying To Yourself

Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!

- Dorothy Parker

topic: Love You, Hell, Self Respect And Love

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Love, Respect, Self, Respect Someone, Love Respect

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational Life, Be Who You Are, Mind, Keep Smiling, Way In Life

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

topic: Lying, Don't Lie, Lying To Yourself, Women Self Respect, Respect People

Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.

- Don Coppersmith

topic: Self Esteem, Heart, Simple, Inspiring Self Esteem, Just Love Yourself

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.

- Thucydides

source: "History of the Peloponnesian War".

topic: Self Esteem, Self Respect, Self Control, Total War, Self Respect And Love

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

topic: Change, Grief, Learning, Way In Life, Empowering Women

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

- Andre Gide

topic: Inspirational, Life, Beautiful, Being Faithful, Loyal And Faithful

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

- Bernard Baruch

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Way In Life, Trying To Fit In

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

- Jack Kornfield

source: Twitter post from Jan 31, 2015

topic: Yoga, Compassion, Doe, Wise Buddhist, Women Self Respect

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

- Nathaniel Branden

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Teacher, Kindness And Compassion, Treating Others

This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe I’m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.

- Tom Hiddleston

topic: Respect, Song, Real, Respect Women, Respect Her

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

- Helen Keller

topic: Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Confidence

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

- Lucille Ball

topic: Love, Inspirational, Relationship, Knowing Love, Inspirational True Love

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

- Rita Mae Brown

topic: Inspirational, Women, Self Esteem, Inspiring Self Esteem, Love Your Self

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

- Albert Einstein

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Spiritual, Be Respectful, Great Respect

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

- Maxwell Maltz

topic: Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Self Confidence

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

- M. Scott Peck

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Motivational, Value Of Life, Managing Time

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

- Bono

topic: Beautiful, Respect, Being Yourself, Just Being You, Great Respect

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.

- Axel Munthe

source: Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

topic: Respect, Men, Long, Without Friends, Women Self Respect

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

topic: Inspirational, Games, Interesting, Inspiring Self Esteem, Self Pity

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

- Steig Larsson

topic: Friendship, Best Friend, Trust, Great Respect, Respect Women

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

topic: Love, Life, Truth, Lies Truth, Respect Women

I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?

- Shailene Woodley

topic: Thinking, Self, Soul, Self Respect And Love, Self Respect In Love