527 Quotes About Self-respect

We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves.

I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.

Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

Any person or thing that corners you, puts you on the spot, increases your breathing unnecessarily and sucks up your energy may only just be a front- something to rob you of your energy and resources. Acknowledge it, slow down, then work-it-up, work-it-out, or walk-away. Life has a way of teaching us to earn respect from a position of self-respect

Your integrity, your dignity, your honor - they aren't for sale. Not ever. Not to anyone.

Know that the pain you have endured does not define you to me. What defines you to me is the way you talk about love, especially loving yourself. 'I have learned to love everything about me,' you wrote. You are powerful.

Fed by neither Heaven nor by Earth he was going forward . . . He hadn't a God or a lover--the two usual incentives to virtue. But on he struggled with his back to ease, because dignity demanded it. There was no one to watch him, nor did he watch himself, but struggles like his are the supreme achievements of humanity, and surpass any legends about Heavan.

The goal is not to show how great you are to others, but how vulnerable you are to yourself.

Even if you're hungry, have some self-respect. Even if you're lonely, have some self-respect. Even if you're nothing, have some damn self-respect.