Self Respecting Quotes

35 quotes by 30 authors

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked… — Eleanor Roosevelt
No self-respecting mother would run out of intimidations on the eve of a major holiday. — Erma Bombeck
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will… — Eric Hoffer
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal. — Mahatma Gandhi
Home economics should find its way into the curriculum of every school because the scientific study of a problem pertaining to food, shelter or clothing...… — Martha Van Rensselaer
A self-respecting man is a man without a country. A fatherland is birdlime... — Emile M. Cioran
Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating peopleâ€™s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a… — Barney Frank
No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex. — Susan B. Anthony
A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. — Vaclav Havel
When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are… — Sarojini Naidu
No self-respecting small businessman with a brain in the right place would ever employ a lady of child-bearing age. — Godfrey Bloom
My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined… — Lee Kuan Yew
Braai Day is a slap in the face of our efforts to regain who we are. And should make any self respecting South African cringe. — Simphiwe Dana
No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down. — David Copperfield
The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest… — Mahatma Gandhi
I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for… — Derek Bok
Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them. — Nathaniel Branden
In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television… — Jeffrey Deitch

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