Respect Quotes

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

~ Whitney Griswold

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking

~ Albert Einstein

Respect yourself and others will respect you

~ Confucius

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life

~ Joe Clark

A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself

~ Axel Munthe

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough.

Good enough.
Successful enough.
Thin enough.
Rich enough.
Socially responsible enough.

When you have self-respect, you have enough

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect

~ Joan Didion

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly

~ Max Nordau

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them

~ Mahatma Gandhi

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect

~Marcus Aurelius