Quotes About Self-respect

In eleven or twelve years of writing, Mike, I can lay claim to at least this: I have never written beneath myself. I have never written anything that I didn't want my name attached to. I have probed deeper in some scripts and I've been more successful in some than others. But all of them that have been on, you know, I'll take my lick. They're mine and that's the way I wanted them.

the most sacred right of a person is to refuse o be manipulated, handled, cheated, and then kicked in the ass---.

was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.

What I learned best at Miss White's school was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.

Never diminish your own worth, not even in jest, or someone will start to believe it.

You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience. Keep your head up, keep your shoulders back, keep your self-respect, be nice, be smart. And remember that there are practically no overnight successes.

There's nothing, of course, more damaging and hurtful to the psyche than that—searching grimly for things to despise and revile in a person you once loved. You may destroy the beloved image but at the same time you destroy part of the basis of your self-respect, plus a whole vital chunk out of your past. Because, if he is hateful now, what aberration once caused you to waste so much love on him?

It is precisely because I valued myself that I was unwilling to remain miserable in a school and whole social environment that did not fit my needs. It is because the housewife had regard for herself that she refused to tolerate any longer a marriage that so totally limited her freedom and repressed her personality. It is because the businessman cared for himself that he was no longer willing to nearly kill himself in order to meet the expectations of his mother.

This feeling of being valuable is a cornerstone of self-discipline because when one considers oneself valuable one will take care of oneself in all ways that are necessary.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

valuable—"I am a valuable person

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

It matters that you care enough about yourself and about the people you meet to present yourself well

When you get clear on your own boundaries, you will find it easy to decide what you are willing to accept in your career.

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule. NEVER TO LIE TO YOURSELF.

I walk, talk and act like a king even though I know there's no royalty in my bloodline

Anyone who constantly makes you unhappy belongs in someone else's world, not yours.

When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.

No one will give a damn about you and your excellence unless you give a damn about yourself.

Success is not about how others feel about you, its about how you feel about yourself.

You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.

my veneration of her grew in inverse proportion to my self-respect

Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, empoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life.