Quotes about Self-respect

You don't have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.

Any man who has to wear another man's name on the back of his shirt may need to ask himself how he views his own manhood.

In his private heart no man much respects himself.

No sensible person ever made an apology.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

There is no point in spending time with someone who makes you forget your sense of self.

When you choose the higher value over the lower, the more difficult over the easy, the right over the wrong, you feel good about yourself. Your self-esteem increases. You like and respect yourself more. You have a greater sense of personal pride.

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. "I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others.

I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.

As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, "No one can hurt you without your consent." In the words of Gandhi, "They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them." It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place.

You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it.