Quotes
Quotes about Self-respect
Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends, stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire only disgust and loathing.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers your scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly true when the opportunities for self-advancement are relatively meager, and one's individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for. Such persons sooner or later turn their backs on an individual existence and strive to acquire a sense of worth and a purpose by an identification with a holy cause, a leader, or a movement. The faith and pride they derive from such an identification serve them as substitutes for the unattainable self-confidence and self-respect.
Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
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.
Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.
No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace.
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. -Jane Haddam.
Self-respect can be a extension of your ego or a priceless virtue. -Anonymous.
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.
