Quotes About Self-respect

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Todavía doy importancia a mi libertad, o al menos a ese resto de libertad y dignidad humana que aún conservamos.

And he spoke now about the Word, about the cult of the Word, about eloquence, which he called the triumph of humanity. Because the Word was the glory of humankind, and it alone gave dignity to life. Not just humanism, but humanity itself, man's dignity and self-respect--they were inseparable from the Word, from literature.

I have enough dignity to squander quite a lot.

If you don't like being a doormat, then get off the floor. AL-ANON

Anger begs us to make a powerful commitment to what we will or will not tolerate in our lives any longer, making it our best friend if we can turn it in the right direction.

Even in shabbiness there was room for pride.

Ante todo, recuerde honrarse a sí mismo. Si está exhausto, satisfaga sus propias necesidades antes de tratar de ayudar a otras personas o al mundo que le rodea.

I had to learn to value myself before I could expect to be valued by others

I remembered my father telling me when I was a little girl, "Guilt is bullshit. Don't ever let anyone make you feel guilty.

Don't Badmouth Yourself Many

By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

but none of whom gave the impression of being willing to put up with questionable behavior from anyone else ever again.

None of us can accept all what we may be offered in this life. Sometimes we must say no, even to love.

If you let someone talk you out of the word "no," you might as well wear a sign that reads, "You are in charge.

I encourage people to remember that "no" is a complete sentence.

Anyhow, she didn't care, that people called her a bitch. 'It's just another word for feminist,' she told me with pride.

Non sono una dei tuoi uomini; non puoi darmi ordini» si ribellò Gwen. «Se fossi una dei miei uomini, in questo momento mi vergognerei dei miei pensieri.»

I have zero desire to be tossed around like some kind of meat bag just because I have possession of a ball anyone can buy at any sporting-goods store for less than twenty dollars.

And keep them thinking in terms of 'being good' as this is not an end so much as a means to something else —happiness, respect, self-esteem, etc… And whatever their true end is, take it away, and so goes their goodness.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.

You shouldn't give up what you are to make somebody else happy.