Self Respect Quotes

573 Self Respect quotes by 416 unique authors

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect? — Justina Chen
If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. — David Eddings
Never be ruled by possessions, and never, ever make wealth more important to you than your self-respect and your dignity." - Lady Taylor — Julie Garwood
The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows… — Ayn Rand
Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect. — Cressida Cowell
You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect. — Wendelin Van Draanen
I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up. — Bill Cosby
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 will hate your… — Ayn Rand
If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing… — Terry Goodkind
Do not chase boys. Chasing boys is bad. Chasing boys can lead to horrible things like mansions going up into flames, hand amputations, and blindness.… — Meg Cabot
For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch. — Anton Chekhov
When gods die, self-respect buds', murmured Orland Fank. 'Gods and their examples are not needed by those who respect themselves and, consequently, respect others. Gods… — Michael Moorcock
It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you. — Carl Sandburg
I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace. — Louisa May Alcott
Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly? — Tina Fey
You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself. — Paulo Coelho
To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect… — Ralph Bunche
You increase your self-respect when you feel you've done everything you ought to have done, and if there is nothing else to enjoy, there remains… — Eugene Delacroix
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop… — Emma Goldman
Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are possessive… — Pope Benedict XVI
National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement. — Richard Rorty

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