Self-respect Quotes

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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.
Henry A. Kissinger

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
Isaac Asimov

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Nelson Mandela

First, never, ever apologize for anything that doesn’t need apologizing for,’ said Glenda. ‘And especially never apologize for just being yourself.
Terry Pratchett

If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people.
Robert Heinlein /Time Enough for Love/

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Norman Vincent Peale

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
H. L. Mencken

There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A. A. Milne /Winnie the Pooh/

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.
George Bernard Shaw /Man and Superman/

We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha