Self-Respect Quotes

187 Self-Respect quotes by 145 unique authors

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially… — Gail Sheehy
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Given the opportunity, under the right conditions, two cells from wildly different sources, a yeast cell, say, and a chicken erythrocyte, will touch, fuse, and… — Lewis Thomas
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. — Marcus Aurelius
To go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own… — Adrienne Rich
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music. — Barry Gibb
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. — Theodore Parker
Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there. — May Sarton
The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having… — James Payn
You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect. — Jimmy Chamberlin
We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by… — Preston Brooks
The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. — Ferdinand Marcos
Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever… — Vidya Balan
Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write… — Kate O'Mara

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