527 Quotes About Self-respect

She might be without country, without nation, but inside her there was still a being that could exist and be free, that could simply say I am without adding a this, or a that, without saying I am Indian, Guyanese, English, or anything else in the world.

Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.

When everything gets awfully perfect I let my demons loose. Neither of us can't bear the thought of conforming with so little.

The most admirable quality among people is when we pause, and think of something to say, without ripping others to shreds (even if they deserved it).

There is a common superstition that “self-respect” is a kind of charm against snakes, something that keeps those who have it locked in some unblighted Eden, out of strange beds, ambivalent conversations, and trouble in general. It does not at all. It has nothing to do with the face of things, but concerns instead a separate peace, a private reconciliation.

Moments later, I was climbing nervously into the back of the car. The driver wore the archetypal expression of an antagonist. No words were exchanged beyond the brief lines uttered to this nameless stranger, whose inclinations remained unclear. The car sped along empty roads and traversed dingy alleyways. Music blared from its speakers. I did not remember exhaling throughout the entire journey.

That's the big picture, your happiness. And health. You should never care what a man thinks of you -- until he demonstrates to you that he cares about making you happy. If he isn't trying to make you happy, then send him back from "whence" he came because winning him over will have no benefit. At the end of the day, happines, joy...and yes...your emotional stability...those comprise the only measuring stick you really need to have.

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power.

Divorce and separation, is the realization that, one of the two, no longer is growing his or her way to prosperity, next to that other person.