“When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human quality; his mind does not become closed to… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
People are judged continuously everywhere on the most intimate level by the prices on their head. Most of them accept the judgment.… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: you're not really ready for love until you have enough self-respect that if you met your exact self, but… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of… — Ralph Washington Sockman Copy Share Image
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
To-day the woman is Mrs. Richard Roe, to-morrow Mrs. John Doe, and again Mrs. James Smith according as she changes masters, and… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
When the individual is relieved of the obligation of self-respect, he acquires the habits of helplessness; he is inclined to retreat to… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“Empowered Women 101: A confident woman doesn't have to talk a man into loving her. He either loves her completely, not enough… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“A life of integrity usually begins with saying no to compromise, facing the truth and doing what is right, even when it… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
I think so many people tend to think of faith as blind adherence to a dogma or unquestioned surrender to an authority… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self respect and to the moral purity of men.… — Tad R. Callister Copy Share Image
“Dignity is a quiet strength which reflects your deep honor and self-respect. It is a gracious pride without narcissistic projection and portrays… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“No one can steal your light as no one too can truly withhold life- make this life count. Always give yourself the… — Ulonda Faye Copy Share Image
à The worth of a man is according to his courage, his truthfulness is according to his balance of temper, his valour… — Hazrat Ali (as Copy Share Image
“No one can hurt you without your consent.” In the words of Gandhi, “They cannot take away our self respect if we… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem.… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
If we have a friend who spoke to us in the same way that we sometimes speak to our self, how long… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
“Women, know your worth! If a man is violent, your worth is clearly in your astounding potential to be his personal, unpaid,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The best safeguards you have are to live with dignity, love, and self-respect, and to make choices you can be proud of… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“No woman deserves to be treated as little more than your toy. If you feel she is nothing more than a cheap… — Melody Anne Copy Share Image
“Surely a man must be in a parlours state to excite pity, extremely weak to inspire sympathy, or very evil-looking to make… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way,… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
NO matter how strong you think you are .. EVERYONE has their breaking point .. ESPECIALLY when you continuously try & try… — KiKi Strack Copy Share Image
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Ask anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But don’t ask them to achieve self-respect. They… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect.… — Don Coppersmith Copy Share Image
“The number of chances you give someone doesn't tell the world how loving you are without telling them how desperate you are… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Sometimes you should try not to care. Coz not matter what you do, how much you do, you mean nothing to someone… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Bacon is bacon, eggs is eggs, don't let them boys between ya legs. They'll say ya cute, they'll say ya fine but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Many of us have endured hardships and circumstances so bad that we can't find it in ourselves to know how much we… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
My parents, my teachers, my friends, my ex-wife-everybody held up a mirror and I accepted the image that came back. Well, it… — Richard Moran Copy Share Image
I definitely think that, for a woman, the biggest turn-on is the mind. Otherwise, obviously you want someone who keeps up with… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
