Quotes About Self-respect

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.

I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.

The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.

What I say is focus your mind and respect your body. But mostly love your heart. I think that is where to begin, from there and then it goes out.

To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.

I love myself enough-not in a schmaltzy garbage sense, Hallmark stuff, I'm talking respect myself-I respect my life-force enough to no longer waste it.

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

Chasing after a guy who's not interested in you will rip the hell out of your self-respect. Better to face facts now because the longer you put it off, the harder it'll be.

The intelligent person depends on his own insight; he trusts his own being. He loves and respects himself.

If there is to be no loss whatever of dignity or self-respect in getting and staying on relief, then there can be no gain in dignity or self-respect in makings some sacrifices to keep off.

Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.

For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect.

If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.

In fully accepting your creative power, you honor and respect your soul and remind others to do the same.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.