Quotes About Self-respect

Self-respect doesn't come naturally to me. I need to constantly remind myself and do the work to err on the side of self-respect, rather than self-punishment.

I don't want to do something just for money or fame; I have to enjoy working on it! If I start to work for everyone and everything, I could not look at myself in the mirror again.

... even if the right to vote brought to women no better work, no better pay, no better conditions in any way, she should have itfor her own self-respect and to compel man's respect for her.

Don't always deprive yourself trying to please others

Money does not determine our worth

I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn't listen.

I don't want to do material that I don't like. I've always stuck to that policy. If that means being out of work for awhile, that's fine with me.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

I hate pride, but if I were going to be proud of anything it would have to be something I'd done myself. Race pride is kind of stupid.

I don't want to have to kneel down to my husband, I don't want to be submissive.

It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.

When you know your worth, when you know your value, your life changes and you change lives.

Not respecting yourself, is the same as committing suicide at a slow rate.

It is very difficult to go through life when your core belief about yourself is that you are incompetent and do not count. When you have no sense of your own value, you are like a leaf in the wind, dependent on what others think of you to know who you are. In order to attain a better quality of life, it is imperative that your loved one develop a sense of mastery, competency, and respect for himself.

Self worship is different from self love.

To be successful, cultivate positive attitudes of self-respect, pride in your contribution to your workplace, dedication to your job, cooperation with your employers and coworkers, desire to do the job right, personal integrity, responsibility, and accountability—and do it just because you value your life energy.

Be kind to people, do the best that you can do and don't compromise yourself for anyone else and you'll end up being the best person, trust me.

What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself.

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn't change what I decide to do.

What you think of me is none of my business. What is most important is what I think of myself.

The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.

The non-profit institution neither supplies goods or services not controls. Its product is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is a changed human being. The non-profit institutions are human-change agents. Their product is a cured patient, a child that learns, a young man or woman grown into a self-respecting adult; a changed human life altogether.

Sir, I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I'm not sir, and that sir is an idiot.

You shouldn't do it if you hate it. That's just prostitution.