Self-Respect Quotes

"Envy is an insult to oneself."

"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."

"Guard your dignity, Rahim, for without it nothing remains; once it is lost, neither pearl, nor man, nor flour can be restored."

Rahim

"When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice."

Sarojini Naidu

"Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim."

Harvey Fierstein

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."

Joan Didion

"Respect yourself and others will respect you."

Confucius

"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."

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life – is the source from which self-respect springs."

Joan Didion

"Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within."

Steven H. Coogler

"If you salute your duty, you need not salute anybody, but if you pollute your duty, you have to salute everybody."

"Self-respect knows no considerations."

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."

Harvey Fierstein

"He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue."

John Herschel

"Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man may clothe himself."

Samuel Smiles

"Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life."

Joe Clark

"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."

Alice Walker

"You teach people how to treat you."

Phil McGraw

"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes."

Maggie Kuhn

"Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy."

Robert Tew