Self-respect Quotes

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

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

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.