Quotes About Self-worth

Lower himself! says the lady, with a toss of her head. No man lowers himself by pursuing an honest calling. No man!

Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.

I am not bound to please thee with my answers.

And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see your shadow.

How Low am I, thou painted Maypole? Speak: How Low am I? I am not yet so Low But that my Nails can reach unto thine Eyes

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would,' Like the poor cat i' the adage?

Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor-John.

Kind sir, give me a good fortune. Fortuneteller: I don't make fortunes; I only see them. Charmian: Then see a good one for me. Fortuneteller: Your beauty will be even greater than it is now. Charmian (to the others) He means I'll get fat. Iras No, he means you'll use makeup when you're old. Fortuneteller: You will love more than you are loved. Charmian: I had rather heat my liver with drinking.

She is herself a dowry.

Quieres lograr lo que estimas ornamento de la vida y en tu propia estimación vivir como un cobarde, poniendo el no me atrevo al servicio del quiero como el gato del refrán? MACBETH: ¡Ya basta! Me atrevo a todo lo que sea digno de un hombre, quien se atreva a más, no lo es.

Respect is essentially a yes to others, not to their demands, but rather to their basic humanity. In this sense, respect is indivisible. When we give respect to others, we are honoring the very same humanity that exists in us. When we acknowledge the dignity of others, we are acknowledging our own dignity. We cannot truly respect others without respecting ourselves at the same time.

If you talked to your friends the way you talk to yourself, you wouldn't have any.

Marnie, I won't say, Make him happy, but I will say, Be happy yourself. I think you're capable of much more than you think

people, even well-bred people like those, had a surprising tendency to take you at your own valuation.

Poverty can be endured if it is endured with pride.

These days I often have a struggle not to feel inferior to you, that is in your judgment of human beings.' 'I don't think I have any judgment, at least not to be proud of. But perhaps I am nearer the earth than you. Like Garrick, I can smell a friend.

si odiano sempre i testimoni della propria umiliazione e della propria inutilità. [...]

Eve from the rib, Venus from foam, Minerva from Jupiter's head – All three were more real than me. When he isn't looking at me, I try to catch my reflection on the wall. And I see the nail where a picture used to be.

I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.

Cuando haces una obra de caridad, on en mi caso de solidaridad, te sientes con derecho a ser como eres y tener lo que tienes. Ya pagaste tu impuesto, ¿ajá?

Una no aprende a ser puta en los bares, ni en las fiestas, ni en la calle. La putería se aprende en soledad.

Sin el amor, soy otra vez aquel inadaptado al que le da lo mismo que le llamen rufián, desvergonzado, vándalo, vago, bueno para nada.

El orgullo es como un caramelo que se acaba pronto.

If you as a woman don't have respect for yourself don't expect for a man to respect you.