Quotes About Self-respect

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. It matters what you think of yourself and what your children think. So if anyone is going to ask my advice, I'd say, do what is right for you and don't give a shit what anyone else thinks

You are not defined by other people's opinion of who you should be or what you should do as a person. You determine that, not anyone else.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. "Staying silent is a trait of a true coward. You may not win every battle... However, everyone will at least know what you stood up for—YOU.

Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, played with, and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you.

I didn't give up, I walked away... I had enough of accepting actions that were less than I deserved. So.., I have made the right choice for me.

The power of negative thinking." I don't have confidence, I'll always find a way not to win." But self respect, self worth and self love, all starts with you.

There is more to life than pleasing people.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.

There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.

I will always hold my head high, I will always take pride in my life and I will walk this world without regret.

When you are a real queen, there is absolutely no reason to try and make people believe that you are one. Because you just are.

My value as a person is not measured by the number of people who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and my word.

I have nothing to prove to anyone, because the only one I have to prove anything to is myself.

Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant? —I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?

Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant? - I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost selfrespect

Damn it, I can understand a fellow being hard up but what I can't understand is a fellow sponging. Couldn't he have some spark of manhood about him?

I have lots of favorite shows, but not reality! I don't like reality TV so much. I'm saddened by people who don't show respect to each other and to themselves. It's horrible. Unfortunately, that's demonstrated a lot on reality television.

Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self­ respect and to the moral purity of men. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.

Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves.

When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.

A significant minority of senior women I've interviewed say, 'Love the companionship, glad to live with him, but I spent my first marriage picking up after a man and I'm not going to do that anymore.

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.

You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.

As a strong woman, there are things I would never put up with.