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Quotes About Esteem

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.
~ Thomas Szasz
You can be born with a title, but not respect. You have to earn that.
~ Adelaide Kane
Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly valuable part of mankind.
~ George Washington
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
~ Jack Canfield
If you respect yourself and you love yourself, that's the only way anybody else is going to.
~ Kristen Stewart
Respect is not given, it is earned.
~ Brian Dawkins
Men are respectable only as they respect.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can always win points. Winning people's respect is a lot more important.
~ John Flanagan
It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
~ Alfred Nobel
Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.
~ Joan Didion
You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
~ Mary J. Blige
Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing.
~ Ava Gardner
People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.
~ Abdul Qadeer Khan
Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.
~ Cressida Cowell
All must respect those who respect themselves.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
Respect a man, he will do the more.
~ James Howell
I'm sorry Dolph, but around here, you gotta earn respect.
~ Randy Orton
One should perform even an insignificant task with respect.
~ Sarada Devi
An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.
~ Mark Twain
I don't get no respect
~ Rodney Dangerfield
Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself.
~ Patti LaBelle
A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.
~ Aleksandr Vasilevsky
A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.
~ Chanakya