Self Respect Quotes
573 quotes by 440 authors
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I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.
— Richard Bach
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Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
— Philip James Bailey
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I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial…
— Roger Nash Baldwin
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Never follow the crowd.
— Bernard Baruch
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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I was a wife and mother, blameless in moral life, with a deep sense of duty and a proud self-respect; it was while I was…
— Annie Besant
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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which…
— Bruno Bettelheim
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No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
— Josh Billings
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That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
— Barry Bonds
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The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.
— Jo Brand
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
— Nathaniel Branden
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her,…
— Anne Bronte
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Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
— Leo Buscaglia
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
— Jack Canfield
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
— Dale Carnegie
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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
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There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent…
— Eldridge Cleaver
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Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good…
— Kurt Cobain
Who Wrote These Self Respect Quotes
440 authors contributed a total of 573 Self Respect Quotes, led by these top contributors: