Frederick Douglass Quotes About Self Respect

Quotes about: Self Respect

• 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.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Fear, Integrity

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

• Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Mean, People

  Frederick Douglass (2016). “The Essential Douglass: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.257, Hackett Publishing

• He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.

  Frederick Douglass

  Strength, Self Respect

• Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but his courage and self-respect made him quite a dignified character.

  Frederick Douglass

  Character, Men, Self

  Frederick Douglass (2012). “The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”, p.228, Courier Corporation

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