Respect Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“If I respect myself and require that others deal with me respectfully, I send out signals and behave in ways that increase the likelihood…

— Nathaniel Branden

“The fact is that everyone is much too busily preoccupied with himself to be able to form a serious opinion about another person. The…

— Thomas Mann

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

— Ayn Rand

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely "tolerated", they are valued.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“I have never met a truly strong person who didn't have self-respect. I think a lot of inwardly and outwardly directed contempt passes itself…

— Henry Rollins

Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.

— Eric Hoffer

Self respect doesn't just demand respect - It encourages others to respect themselves.

— Anonymous

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The way you treat yourself sets the standards for others.

— Anonymous