Quotes on Respect Yourself

You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

Love and respect yourself and never compromise for anything. And then you will be surprised how much growth starts happening of its own accord.. as if rocks have been removed and the river has started flowing.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.