Quotes About Self-respect

People call me feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

People call me a feminist whenever I express statements that distinguish me from a doormat.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one on the face of this earth can make you feel inferior without your permission.

don't know why you feel you have the right to treat me disrespectfully and, frankly, I don't care. I've put up with it long enough, and I need you to stop treating me this way." ("I" phrase)

Certainly. You don't owe him anything. As for me, I'm not that conceited. I'm not actually conceited at all. I merely think it's common sense to like myself.

To assert dignity is to lose it.

Do you treat yourself the way you want other people to treat you?

Genuine humility is based on a realistic self-appraisal and a healthy feeling of self-worth.

Your value is not determined by your valuables

My grandmother told me something I've never forgotten. 'Never fuck anyone you wouldn't want to be.' -audience member

Thérèse had not reached the age of thirty-five without learning that life presents many insurmountable obstacles which must be accepted, whether with the callousness of philosophy, the revolt of weakness or the dignity of self-respect.

I'm sorry, I'm afraid I have no time to be a wet-nurse for a bantling.' To my surprise, he did not flush or draw away in embarrassment. He grinned and winked at me, as if to say I could suckle him any time, and to my horror I felt myself grow red.

What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.

You are the favor factor. Which means the person with favor doesn't chase the one that needs the favor. If you know who you are then you better carry yourself like you're the one who's holding all the cards. If he knows what's good for him, he will run after you. Because you multiple whatever he has in concentrated form. You are the favor factor so stop distributing your favor to someone who has not factored a covenant into the equation.

When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when I'm cruel, cowardly, or tell lies, or get drunk, I turn into someone less worthy, and I can't respect myself. That's the divine retribution I believe in

I believe that what I do becomes part of me,' she said. 'When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when I'm cruel, or cowardly, or tell lies, or get drunk, I turn into someone less worthy, and I can't respect myself. That's the divine retribution I believe in.

Când ai de-a face cu un om mândru, trebuie s? È™tii c? pentru el orgoliul conteaz? mai mult decât mintea.

Creo que lo que hago se convierte en parte de mí, cuando soy valiente y fuerte, y cuidando de los niños, los enfermos y los pobres me convierto en mejor persona. Y cuando soy cruel, o cobarde o cuento mentiras, me convierto en alguien menos digno y no puedo respetarme a mí misma. Ésa es la retribución divina en la que creo.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue.

The problem isn't that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!

The price you will offer yourself to the world, is how much they will buy you.

Stand up for yourself.Never give any one permission to abuse you.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.