Self Respect Quotes

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

No one can love you until you love yourself, and you cannot love anyone else, until you love yourself.

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his body; deprive him of self-respect and you kill his spirit.

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

If I am not I, who will be?

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

Think first. Think twice. Think again. Respect others. Respect yourself. Respect dreams.

Never follow the crowd.

Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.