Quotes About Self-respect

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Not only does the giving of coins to orphans rob them of their self-respect and Juche Spirit, it violates a central rule of good citizenship: Practice Self-Sufficiency.

Don't change yourself to be liked by others.

When an American says that he loves his country, he ... means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.

Order and security became more important than a political freedom and that was synonymous with violence and bloodshed. Hitler saw these problems and spoke directly to people's fears and desires. The German people wanted a strong leader to solve their problems, a leader who could return their national self-respect.

Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.

I do what I feel is right. If what I do and say doesn't harm anyone else, I don't care about what negative people say. I block and delete negativity.

I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it?

I deliberately try to carry a different perception of myself as opposed to my father's. I respect my dad and his body of work, but I can't give him credit for what I am today. As a person, I give my parents full credit; career-wise, no.

Paying attention to personal grooming while you are recovering from a one-night stand can improve things immensely.

He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.

Dan alangkah indah kehidupan tanpa merangkak-rangkak di hadapan orang lain

Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

Take heed that if you deceive, lie, intrigue, cheat, you thereby demean yourself. belittle yourself, confess your own weakness beforehand, play the part of the slave of the harem who feels himself the inferior of his master. Do this if it so pleases you, but know that humanity will regard you as petty, contemptible and feeble, and treat you as such. Having no evidence of your strength, it will act towards you as one worthy of pity — and pity only.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Above all things, respect yourself.

Respect yourself most of all.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

They shan't humiliate me to please themselves.

I'm very comfortable in my skin. Yet, I won't do anything that's indecent, cheap or vulgar.