Self Respect Quotes

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

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

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

No one can love you until you love yourself, and you cannot love anyone else, until you love yourself.

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

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.

If I am not I, who will be?

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

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

Think first. Think twice. Think again. Respect others. Respect yourself. Respect dreams.

Never follow the crowd.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.

I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all?

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.

Believe in yourself and what you feel. Your power will come from that.

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.

True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.

Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale.

If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

When you have self-respect, you have enough.