Quotes About Self-respect

My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at.

mi cuerpo es un templo y no cualquier chico tiene derecho a rendir culto en él. no iré más allá donde yo quiera.

My body is a temple not just any boy gets to worship at. I won't do any more than I want to do.

If your husband is cheating on you, it doesn't mean that you need to get prettier -- it means he's a scumbag.

Value yourself for what the media doesn't - your intelligence, your street smarts, your ability to play a kick-ass game of pool, whatever. So long as it's not just valuing yourself for your ability to look hot in a bikini and be available to men, it's an improvement.

I'd rather be a bitch than a doormat.

ALFRED ADLER (in Ansbacher, 1946, p. 358) "The supreme law [of life] is this: the sense of worth of the self shall not be allowed to be diminished.

You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.

You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch. Yes. It's sort of what we have instead of God.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

I think perhaps I can too. But I try not to borrow. First you borrow. Then you beg.

You know it makes me feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch.

You know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be bitch.

In an ideal world, the voices that teach us language teach us self-respect, self-confidence, and self-esteem. Those same voices also form in us humility and gratitude, and as those voices inform our inner voices, they also pass on wisdom.

Affairs are always harmful and can never help a marriage or be accommodated. The only way to restore trust and intimacy is through truth-telling, repentance, and absolution. Last but not least, divorce affords more self-respect than forgiveness.

Arrogance is born of insecurity. Pride is different. It is born of dignity, self-worth, and self-respect. We all see the world through the prism of our identity. If our self-worth is low, it affects everything we do. The point of life is to contribute to others, but without a certain self-regard, it is sometimes difficult to make breakfast.

Modesty means that you insist that men delight in you at the right time and in the right place and in the right way and we dictate what that means …

I don't let just anyone fine me, you know?

I warrant, Ciri, that it is better to count yourself amongst those few than amongst everyone.

From beggar to thief is one step, but a step in two directions at the same time, for what a beggar loses in morality when he becomes a thief he regains in self-respect.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero.

I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.