527 Quotes About Self-respect

Having self-esteem is easy, obtaining self-respect is the real challenge.

The best gift you can give to others is your presence. The best gift you can give to yourself is perseverance.

Who wouldn't live in utter despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?

I may not be good enough for you, but I am good enough for me.

Your skin is your skin. Your legs are your legs. Your hair is your hair. Your smile is your smile. Your past is your past. You can waste your life hating these things, but you may as well learn to accept them. Both routes are difficult and full of pain, but with acceptance, you will be happy one day, while with hatred, you never will.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The way I saw it, I was fully capable of being treated with indifference that bordered on disdain while maintaining a strong sense of self-respect. I obeyed his commands, sure that I could fulfill this role while still protecting the sacred place inside of me that I knew deserved more. Different. Better.But that isn't how it works.

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

Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect