Quotes on Self Respect

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.

Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

Never lose your self-respect, nor be too familiar with yourself when you are alone. Let your integrity itself be your own standard of rectitude, and be more indebted to the severity of your own judgment of yourself than to all external percepts. Desist from unseemly conduct, rather out of respect for your own virtue than for the strictures of external authority.

It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.

Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.

If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.

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

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

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.