Quotes about Self-respect
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
— William Hazlitt
All must respect those who respect themselves.
— Benjamin Disraeli
My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
— Albert Schweitzer
I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.
— Henry David Thoreau
Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.
— Ayn Rand
A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.
— Mahatma Gandhi
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect.
— Beth Moore
For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect.
— Henry David Thoreau
If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.
— Toni Morrison
What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
— Mahatma Gandhi