“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
Abraham J. Heschel
“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.”
Theophile Gautier
“You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag.”
Edward Koch
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”
John Herschel
“In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.”
Jane Haddam
“True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.”
Ralph W. Sockman
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