They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
– Mohandas K. Gandhi
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
– Les Brown
One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self possession.
– George D. Prentice
The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.
– Mark Twain
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
– Theodore Parker
Self respect can be a extension of your ego or a priceless virtue.
– Anonymous
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.
– Axel Munthe
Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?
– Sir P. Sidney
Self respect…that corner-stone of all virtue.
– Sir John Herschel
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
– J. Petit Senn
Each of us needs time for mental self renewal.
– Whitt N. Schultz
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
– Frederick Douglass
One self-approving hour whole years outweigh.
– Pope
The world is governed by self-interest only.
– Johann Friedrich
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline…
– Abraham J. Heschel