Quotes About Self-respect

I have my own loyalties and obligations that I consider and honor. They are not his. They are not at the beck and call of any man.

Remember, she needs you now. Don't sell your services too cheap.

Si soy una mujer honorable, debo ser tan honorable como es honorable un hombre: sin importar lo que me ponga ni cómo me vea. Se trata del respeto que me tengo, no de la forma en la que el mundo me ve, ni de lo que suceda.

The man who has no self-respect, on the contrary, will imitate anybody and anything; sounds of nature and cries of animals alike; his whole performance will be imitation of gesture and voice.

We had this talk," she said. "You may be dead sexy, and I mean, like, really dead and really sexy, but you don't get to tell me what to do. Right? And no head-shrinker stuff, either, or I swear to God, I'll pack my shit and move!

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

Your personal dignity was always more important to you than mere emotion, wasn't it?

consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.

She is awesomely competent without being smug. She is determined without being bossy, morally certain without being judgmental. She likes herself but is not full of herself.

if you were always guided by courage, honor, self-respect, honesty, and compassion, and if you kept your mind and your heart open to the lessons that this world teaches you, then you would eventually understand the meaning of your existence, perhaps even in this world, but certainly in the next. Such a philosophy virtually guaranteed a brighter life, less shadowed by fear than the lives of those who were convinced of meaninglessness.

Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising—taking care of myself emotionally and physically.

I don't idolize anyone or aspire to be like anyone.

I never went to the Sonics and asked for more money. I didn't ask for another dollar.

I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.

You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.

I'm not going to sit there and be a doormat, you know what I mean?

I feel best when I am modestly dressed. It's a choice I make and am proud of; for me, I don't think I have to show skin to be beautiful.

I say 'no' a lot. And if I knew how easy it was to say no, I would have started saying it earlier.

There's nothing I'm embarrassed about.

At the end of the day, I'm a man.

There's nothing, nobody can pay me enough money and nobody can do enough for me to wear something I don't want.

Si he conseguido ser un ciudadano honrado, quizá sea porque nunca me incliné ante nadie.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.