Quotes About Self-respect

I will never do something like an item number.

I never wish to have an image of a sexy girl or an item girl.

I'm not doing an item number in any film.

Item numbers are not for me.

I'm actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.

I'm happy with myself. I respect myself. And I know that no man, no jeans, no scale, and no booker is in control of my future - I am.

The daughters of God don't brake for jerks.

She figured if you weren't woman enough to carry your doughnuts with pride, you shouldn't be eating them.

The inner self is the basis of human dignity

Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself.

Yo le diría: escucha a tus voces internas y respétalas antes de que te conviertas en un don nadie con éxito».

The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

A veces tienes que olvidar lo que sientes, y recordar lo que mereces.

But not all cat lovers are pudgy, masochistic loners who lack energy and self-respect to have a dog. Some are simply evil.

Lock a man in prison, and you might stop him from committing crimes. Teach a man to respect himself and his community, and you stopped everyone he might have taught, recruited, or bullied.

The best modesty is shown while bragging

How much we know ourselves is extremely important but how we treat ourselves is the most important.

Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs. —Joan Didion

People learn how to treat us based on how they see us treating ourselves. If I don't put value on my work or my time, neither will the person I'm helping. Boundaries are a function of self respect and self love.

I now recognize that people learn how to treat us based on how they see us treating ourselves. If I don't put value on my work or my time, neither will the person I am helping. Boundaries are a function of self-respect and self-love.

With that sense of "enough" comes an embrace of worthiness, boundaries, and engagement.

If I have to ask, it's not worth it." She tilted her head and said, "If you're not asking for what's important to you, maybe it's because you don't think you are worth it.

In her 93 remarkable years, Brenda Ueland published six million words. She said she had two rules she followed absolutely: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn't want to do.