Self Respect In Love Quotes

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

Nathaniel Branden

Inspirational, Confidence, Teacher

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I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.

June Jordan

Life, Happiness, Success

1978 Address to Black Writers Conference, Howard University. Collected as 'Where Is the Love?' in Moving Towards Home (1989).

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.

Harper Lee

Respect, Black And White, Men

To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 23 (1960)

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The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Respect, Lying, Men

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)”, p.582, e-artnow

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Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

Aberjhani

Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Rainbow

Aberjhani (2009). “The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009”, p.15, Lulu.com

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Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

Steig Larsson

Friendship, Best Friend, Trust

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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?

Shailene Woodley

Thinking, Self, Things In Life

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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Winston Churchill

Funny, Life, Leadership

Speech at the Reform Club, April 28, 1981.

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This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe I’m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.

Tom Hiddleston

Respect, Song, Real

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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Jack Kornfield

Motivational, Buddhist, Yoga

Twitter post from Jan 31, 2015

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The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

Robert Hand

Confidence, Self Esteem, Self Love

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I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Inspiring, Spiritual

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.480, Princeton University Press

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Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

Life, Smile, Graduation

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Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Mark Twain

Confidence, Good Life, Inspirational Life

Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.14, 谷月社

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

Maya Angelou

Love, Respect, Self

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 25, 2013

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

Lucille Ball

Love, Inspirational, Relationship

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The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

Rita Mae Brown

Inspirational, Being Yourself, Women

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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Andre Gide

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"The Leader's Digest : Timeless Principles for Team and Organization". Book by Jim Clemmer (p. 84), 2003.

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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

M. Scott Peck

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Jackie Robinson

Motivational, Change, Baseball

"The Impact and Legacy Years, 1941, 1947, 1968". p. 100. Book by Fred Pulis, 2000.

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Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Bernard Baruch

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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