Self Respect Quotes

573 Self Respect quotes by 416 unique authors

True compassion is about not bruising the other personâ€™s self-respect. — Naoki Higashida
If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or… — Barack Obama
Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. — David McCullough
I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail… — James Joyce
I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. — Maya Angelou
Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating… — Barbara Ehrenreich
And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives… — Plato
The proper response toward what we occasionally imagine to be democracy, methinks, is to retain one's self-respect by not participating in it. — Fred Reed
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs… — Laura Schlessinger
Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy, faith, sense of… — Ha-Joon Chang
When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence! — Tae Yun Kim
Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus… — Neil Peart
But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a… — Huey Newton
In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, womans premium is… — Emma Goldman
I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a… — Kristy Swanson
No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex. — Susan B. Anthony
What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensationsâ€” you cannot live on… — Maria Callas
Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. â€¦ As nothing reveals character like the company we like and… — David O. McKay
There are times when each of us has to have some gumption to take a stand as to what we wish to preserve or change… — James E. Faust

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