Quotes About Self-respect

When a relationship doesn't work anymore, it's terrible to stay with someone that you don't love.

Our true worth doesn't come from the work we do, it comes from who we are as human beings.

Don't suffer fools or you'll become one.

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

People in Scunthorpe don't care what I say. And I'm not camp, either. I'm a geezer. I'm not a raving queer, I've got a bit of character. I just ignore people who shout at me in the street. I just stick my head in the air; I'm not interested.

Nobody wants to be a laughing stock.

Mark my words, even if I sell out a club of 15,000 with all girls, I'm not taking my shirt off. I'm sorry. I know y'all are waiting to see the pasty stomach and everything.

I've realized I have not been completely honest with what I need and what I want and how I've been treated, and I haven't necessarily stood up for myself. I've not always stood completely in my power and spoken the truth.

When it comes to relationships, it's nice to have something that is your own and not everyone else's. That's not part of my job. I never stood up on a podium and said, 'Vote for me - I'm perfect. I'll be this for you and never do anything wrong.'

I will never stoop low to do certain things on camera.

If you live your life by what others say, it stops being your life.

I've met my share of guys who have insulted and assaulted my intelligence with their stories and games. I say hello and goodbye!

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

Think of your promise-keeping tendency as the storage tank for your rocket fuel—your sense of confidence. When you keep your commitments, you maintain your sense of integrity and self-respect and see yourself as a person who can be trusted. This will prevent any leakage of confidence from little quit-defeats. It will also keep you from receiving negative feedback like "we can't depend on you" or "you lack execution skills.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

Ours is a culture where we wear our ability to get by on very little sleep as a kind of badge of honor that symbolizes work ethic, or toughness, or some other virtue—but really, it's a total profound failure of priorities and of self-respect.

Don't do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."—Colin Powell

Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.

4. Si respondes, no te disculpes en exceso.

Practica el juego de «yo primero» GABBY: «Siempre me digo que yo seré la primera… Eso significa que si voy a pagar en una tienda, yo saludaré primero. Si me cruzo con alguien y hay contacto visual, yo seré la primera en sonreír. [Ojalá] la gente probara a hacer eso un poquito en su día a día: sé el primero, porque (no siempre, pero la mayoría de las veces) te beneficiará.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." –Frederick Douglass

The World Doesn't Need Your Explanation. On Saying "No": "I don't give explanations anymore, and I'll catch myself when I start giving explanations like 'Oh, I'm sorry, I can't make it. I have a doctor's appointment that day. I'm really sick. I broke my leg over the weekend' or something. I just say, 'I can't do it. I hope everything is well.

Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself.