Self Respect Quotes

"Success comes from living true to your values and principles and not compromising to gain acceptance" "Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem" "Forgiveness does not mean excusing" "You can pay for school, but you can't buy class" "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high" "If its not a clear yes, then its a clear no" "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth" "Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction" "The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with yourself" "The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself" "I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?" "A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others." "I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too" "The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much and forgetting that you are special too" "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself." "The soul that is within me no man can degrade" "I prefer to be true to myself even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others rather than to be false and to incur my own abhorrence" "Never ask for anything. Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They will make the offer themselves and give everything themselves." "I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do" "We are all alone born alone die alone and in spite of True Romance magazines we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that in spite of our company we were alone the whole way I do not say lonely at least not all the time but essentially and finally alone This is what makes your self-respect so important and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness"