Self Respect Quotes That Will Highlight Your Worth

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.” — Confucius

“Self-respect is more important than someone’s reply or attraction.”

“Self-esteem isn’t everything; it’s just that there’s nothing without it.” — Gloria Steinem

“Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.” — Joe Clark

“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. ” — John Herschel

“They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Work to improve yourself, not prove yourself.”

“If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you.” — Kobe Bryant

“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.” — Bill Gates

“Respect is for those who deserve not for those who demand it.” — Paulo Coelho

“Eat as you love yourself. Move as you love yourself. Speak as you love yourself. Act as you love yourself.”

“The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.”

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”

“You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.”

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” —  Abraham Joshua Heschel

“He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.” —  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The more you know and respect yourself, the more impact you will have on people around you.” —  Maxime Lagacé

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” — Joan Didion

“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” — Clint Eastwood

“If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” — Charlotte Bronte

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” — Lao Tzu

“The wish to lead out one’s lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one’s self-respect.” — Elizabeth Bowen

“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect but for respect from others.” —Barry Bonds

“Deeply respecting yourself is the first step toward having a deep respect for others.” — Amy Leigh Mercree

“Respect is not imposed nor begged. It’s earned and offered.”

“Better to die on your feet than life on your knees.”

“It takes courage to live your truth but, what you get in return is self-respect.”

“Ego is negative, but self-respect is positive.”

“The respect you show to others is an immediate reflection of your own self-respect.” — Alex Elle

“Love yourself first, and then others.” — Chetan Bhagat

“The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect” — Thomas Huxely

“Don’t lose your self-respect for your feelings.” — Priyanshu Singh

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.” — Abraham J. Heschel

“Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” — Thucydides

“Self-respect is the greatest achievement achieved personally.”

“I don’t respect those who don’t respect me. You call it ego, I call it self-respect.”

“Happiness blooms in the presence of self-respect and the absence of ego.”

“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.” — Theodore Parker

“Self-esteem begins with self-understanding, grows with courage and perseverance, ends with confidence.” — Maxime Lagacé

“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” — Robert Hand

“Maturity is when you realize self-respect is greater than love.”

“There’s a precisely fine line between ego and self-respect, and the line is not actually hard to find.”

“Self-respect isn’t ignoring your flaws: it’s embracing them.”

“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”— Jackie Joyner Kersee

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

“Self-respect is priority and luxury to yourself.”

“Don’t lower your standards for anyone or anything, self-respect is everything.”

“Something you have to leave, not for ego but for self-respect.”

“Don’t ever set yourself on fire, to keep ether people warm.”

“The world will never value you more than you value yourself.” — Bill Masur

“A person’s self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.” — Halle Berry

“The most important, difficult and rewarding thing to work on is yourself.” — Sven Schnieders

“A person cannot be comfortable without their own approval.”

“When you respect someone and the best that you get in change is called Self Respect.”

“Where it comes to self-respect, a person should not bend under any circumstances.”

“I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.”

“Stop comparing your life to everyone around you.” — Eric Thomas

“You cannot give respect if you don’t have it, respect yourself and respecting others will be automatic.”

“Self-esteem should be such that when helping someone, always be ahead, and always be behind when seeking help.”

“Self Respect inspires you to be the kind of person you want to be.”

“When you clearly get to know about your own abilities, it is called Self Respect.”