Quotes About Self-respect

To do without self-respect, on the other hand, is to be an unwilling audience of one to an interminable home movie that documents one's failings, both real and imagined, with fresh footage spliced in for each screening.

To do without self-respect, on the other hand, is to be an unwilling audience of one to an interminable documentary that details one's failings, both real and imagined, with fresh footage spliced in for every screening.

there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.

She did not want to court further appraisal by asking anyone for anything.

To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. To lack it is to be locked within oneself, paradoxically incapable of either love or indifference.

lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the nonplused apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.

Nonetheless, character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs.

To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the nonplused apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.

People who respect themselves are welling to accept the risk…they are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds.

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent

People who respect themselves...are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds. That kind of self-respect is a discipline, a habit of mind that can never be faked but can be developed, trained, coaxed forth.

I have learned to have pride in what I do.

There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.

If they aren't making you a priority don't make them a priority.

Girls who take back their boyfriends after being cheated on, how much more pathetic can you get?

Give the gift of absence to those who do no appreciate your presence.

A guy who wants to be just friends with benefits, doesnt mean he doesnt like you, he does, its just means hes keeping you there until something better comes along.

A so called 'bad bi...' doesn't need to keep reminding other's that she's a bad bi.... She keeps her lips sealed and takes the compliments.

I can only please one person per day, today is not your day and tomorrow doesn't look good either.

Don't talk to me because you're bored, I'm not here to entertain you. Don't come to me when you need a favor, I don't like being used.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

True class can be achieved at any income level, in any person, at any place. It takes creativity, strong morals, patience, and a lot of grace. Get some self respect, pull your skirt down (or pull your pants up), lift your chin up, smile, and be the best you can. Don't let people tell you who or what you are; no one can change you if you don't want to change.