Quotes About Self-respect

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life." (Wellesly High School commencement speech, "You Are Not Special", 6-12)

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

Rule 1: Be kind.Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you.Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness.

Empowered Women 101: Empowered women never live the life they wouldn't want for their daughter. They teach them what self respect looks like.

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

No" is a complete sentence.

Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.

If you cannot see my worth, you then, in turn, are worthless to me

Putting yourself first means you will never be last.

The type of girls that would sleep with you in a heartbeat aren't the type of girls I'd want to take home anyway.

You better not compromise yourself, it's all you've got.

You can say no if that is more truthful than a resentful yes.

Don't condemn me to the prison of your bullshit.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor

It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.

But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect.

Girls, if a boy says something that isn't funny, you don't have to laugh.

He just wasn't into flaunting his awesomeness, but sometimes a person's awesomeness simply flaunts itself, even when you politely ask it not to.

I'd rather be pissed off then pissed on.

I'm not obliged to defend your dignity. Provided you have any.

Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.