Quotes About Self-respect

I do say no to things that I think are completely gratuitous.

So many girls only care about guys and looking good all the time.

The obsession will end when you love yourself enough to stop hurting yourself. Who doesn't want to take care of what they love?

Today I'm well fed, well dressed, and well liked by the right people, and all it's cost me is what you'd expect: my self-respect and the approval of most of my friends.

It is a woman's duty not to lower herself.

There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. It's a wonderful thing.

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.

I'm not stepping off my throne to address no bum, no chicks that are beneath me and nobody that hasn't worked as hard as I worked for anything.

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves.

I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box.

If someone throws something, we're just supposed to sit there and wear it and get hit. Nah, man, we're human beings first and foremost.

I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that means that it's time to quit that job.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

Owning my identity... ties into my value of dignity.

Sexiness today is not about having a perfect body and wearing a tight mini skirt; it's about what you don't show that's truly sexy.

A man's pride needs careful handling.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, form our true honor.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.

Well, the most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating. I had seen all these people before me who are great performers and were reflective of their time--Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers and Totie Fields and all the early comediennes--and it was always like, "I'm fat! I'm ugly! My husband has to put a bag over my head when he comes to bed!" I was like, "I'm never gonna do that."

You don't have to look the part, just put your price.

If he's giving you up, maybe he isn't worth it.

This is a step forward. You don't need to tolerate people who don't respect you. And you don't need to speak with everyone who has a grievance. You aren't Queen Daleina. You Queen Cajara, and you'll do things your way.

I you don't value your time, no one else will.