Self Respect Quotes

A woman is only a woman.
Rudyard Kipling

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Find out what you're afraid of and go live there.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly little Communist.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.
Bruce Lee

Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.
Donald Trump

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

I am not learned, but I have as good feelings as any man.
Joseph Smith, Jr.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.
Kenny Chesney

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
John Dewey

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Aesop

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural out growth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.
Angelina Jolie

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
Angelina Jolie

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don't fold up and die if I don't have a man around.
Cher

I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.
Cher

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
Lucille Ball

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.
Jennifer Aniston

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.
Jimi Hendrix

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Ovid

I have the heart of a man, not a woman, and I am not afraid of anything.

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
John Locke

Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
James Allen

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man's work for less than a man's pay.
Clara Barton

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
E. E. Cummings

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

I'm not afraid to look like an idiot.
Anthony Bourdain

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
Elizabeth Taylor

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
Henry A. Kissinger

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

I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.
Trent Reznor

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
Abdul Kalam

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
Abdul Kalam

In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
Aleister Crowley

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.
Josh Groban

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.
Joan Didion

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
Margaret Cho