Quotes About Identity

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord

I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.

If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

I respect people who promote the way they feel sexually

Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.

You got nothin' to lose but your self-respect.

The goal - is the dignity of the black man in America. He wants respect as the human being. He wants recognition as a human being.

I do not wish, it happens, to be associated with Massachusetts, either in holding slaves or in conquering Mexico. I am a little better than herself in these respects.

I would like to walk in a room and people know who I am and be like, "Oh, I respect his opinion."

I respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.

Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.

To me, liberation doesn't mean that I can think just like a man. Real liberation means that I can think, act, and be like a woman and receive equal respect, honor, and compensation.

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.

The streets respect me because I kept it real with me. You gotta be real with yourself, and the streets recognize game.

Why should I take my clothes off (...) when there are, already, so many other woman doing it for me?

The fact is no one has understood me in entirety till now!

I may not be a king or a queen, but I'll be damned if I'm not treated like royalty.

There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.

Don't go the distance trying to fit in the crowd and be accepted by others. Accept and respect yourself first. Loving thyself also goes with this."-Elizabeth's Quotes