Self Respect Quotes
Without self respect, we are nothing. Here are some self respect quotes for you.
“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man’s self-respect is a sin.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.”
~Israel Zangwill
“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.”
~Mahatma Gandhi
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
~ Abraham J. Heschel
“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“In my day, we didn’t have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.”
~Jane Haddam
“If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.”
~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“In my day, we didn’t have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. ” ~Jane Haddam
“An individual’s self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change . . . . A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.”
~ Unknown
“You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it’s good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.”
~Edward Koch
“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.”
~Theophile Gautier
“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
~Marcus Aurelius