Quotes about Self-respect

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

I don't kiss nobody's butt.

You teach people how to treat you.

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.

Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

For the day's work is a great thing—a very great thing! It is at the very foundation of the world; it is the basis of our self-respect.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Sometimes there's just no room for apologies.

Self-respect is the best means of getting the respect of others.