Self Respect Quotes - Page 10

• Hard work breeds self-respect.

  Pat Summitt

  Perseverance, Hard Work, Self

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.24, Crown Business

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• Never follow the crowd.

  Bernard Baruch

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Individuality

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• Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

  Jo Brand

  Christian, Mean, Self

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• There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Self Esteem, Pride

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• There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Self Esteem, Mirrors, Laughing

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.208, Penguin

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• Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Happiness, Money, Queens

  Louisa May Alcott (1993). “Little Women”, p.97, Wordsworth Editions

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• Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.

  Sarah Dessen

  Self, Over You, World

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Keeping the Moon”, p.88, Penguin

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• It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.

  Thomas Paine

  Happiness, Faith, Respect

  The Age of Reason pt. 1 (1794)

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• It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It's simple to seek substitutes for competence--such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.

  Ayn Rand

  Running, Kindness, Eye

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.781, Penguin

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• I came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of 22 professional fights. I knocked out some of my opponents in the first round. But I never really received respect as a person. That's something I had come to realize over the past few years. The end of my boxing career is no longer that far off, and it was time for me to make peace with myself. And there was a second reason for me to come out: I hoped it would make me a better boxer.

  Orlando Cruz

  Athlete, Gay, Fighting

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I wish that I was where I am.

  Gertrude Stein

  Self Esteem, Wish, Esteem

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• There is a Hindu myth about the Self or God of the universe who sees life as a form of play. But since the Self is what there is and all that there is and thus has no one separate to play with, he plays the cosmic game of hide-and-seek with himself. He takes on the roles and masks of individual people such as you and I and thus becomes involved in exciting and terrifying adventures, all the time forgetting who he really is.

  Reginald Horace Blyth

  Dream, Self Esteem, True Identity

  "Games Zen Masters Play: Writings of R. H. Blyth".

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• I am my own heaven and hell!

  Friedrich Schiller

  Self Esteem, Heaven, Hell

  Robert David MacDonald, Friedrich Schiller (2005). “Schiller: Volume One”, p.140, Oberon Books

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• Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Fit

  "The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln".

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• The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Self Esteem, Thinking, People

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.38

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• The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Self Esteem

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• We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Self Esteem, Feel Good

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• The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Self Esteem, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

  Thucydides

  Self Esteem, Self Control, Elements

  "History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

  Richard G. Scott

  Strength, Success, Respect

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• Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Responsibility, Self

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• Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

  John J. McCloy

  Respect, Mistake, Humble

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• Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges, and burdens. We are immersed in a sea of persistent, worldly pressures that could destroy our happiness. Yet these very forces, if squarely faced, provide opportunity for tremendous personal growth and development. The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

  Richard G. Scott

  Adventure, Character, Adversity

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• An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  War, Men, Hands

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2006). “Hagakure: Selections: Or, the Way of the Samurai”, p.23, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy with the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Love, Sympathy, Patriotic

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.228, Xist Publishing

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