Self Respect Quotes

573 quotes by 416 authors

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. — Henri Frederic Amiel
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. — Maya Angelou
The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor. — Richard G. Scott
Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. — John J. McCloy
Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges, and burdens. We… — Richard G. Scott
An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but… — Henry David Thoreau
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking.… — Maxwell Maltz
Hard work breeds self-respect. — Pat Summitt
The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team. — Frosty Westering
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. — Henry David Thoreau
Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans… — George S. Patton
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to… — Karen Horney
Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may… — Bertrand Russell
The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they… — Cesar Chavez
Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness… — Cesar Chavez
Some of the critics viewed Vietnam as a morality play in which the wicked must be punished before the final curtain and where any attempt… — Henry A. Kissinger
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would… — Christopher Hitchens
We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much… — Norm MacDonald

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