Self respect Quotes

"My life is good because I don't allow people to tell me what to do"

"No man is worth anything unless he can carry his life with grace "

"I'm not here for your entertainment"

"I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way... I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to. "

"To wisely live your life, you don’t need to know much. Just remember two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever. And better be alone than with whoever"

"The saddest thing for a girl to do is dumb herself down for a guy."

"I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

"I want to die a slave to principles not to men"

"We are all alone born alone die alone and in spite of True Romance magazines we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that in spite of our company we were alone the whole way I do not say lonely at least not all the time but essentially and finally alone This is what makes your self-respect so important and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness"

"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others."

"You have to be a beast. That's the only way they'll respect you"

"Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience"

"People want to tear you down, but you're better than that."

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company"