Browse through our collection of quotes tagged with Self Respect.
Before everyone stands a image of what he ought to be. So long as he is not that his peace is not complete.
Ruckett
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
Jane Haddam
Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do.
Henry Jacobsen
Study to be what you wish to seem.
John Bate
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
Theodore Parker
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Brian Tracy
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.
Geoffrey F. Abert
An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change . . . . A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.
Joyce Brothers
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
John Milton
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Janis Joplin
Other people
Les Brown
I have just about all I can take of myself.
S. Behrman
Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.
Peter Mcarthur
What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
Paul Ambroise Valery
Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
H. L. Mencken
He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.
Karl Menninger
There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.
John Fowles
