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Self-respect is pride and confidence in oneself

• Self-respect: Pride and confidence in oneself; a feeling that one is behaving with honour and dignity.  Oxford Dictionary
• Self-respect: Proper esteem or regard for the dignity of one’s character.  Merriam Webster
• Respect: High or special regard. Merriam Webster
• Respect,  Self-respect,  Self-love,  Self-acceptance,  Self-esteem

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Respect yourself most of all

• Respect heroes above men, gods above demi-gods, but above all, respect yourself. Pythagoras
• Repect yourself. The rest will follow. Pythagoras
• Above the cloud with it’s shadow, is the star with its light. Above all things, reverence thyself. Pythagoras
• Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within. Steven H. Coogler
• Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Theodore Parker
• Before you think or say anything to yourself, ask yourself if you would say that to God; because in essence, you are. Michael Jeffreys
• If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you would have left them long ago. Carla Gordon
• The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and respect everywhere except within themselves, so they fail in their search. Nathaniel Branden
• As much as anyone in the universe, you deserve your love and respect. Buddha
• Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. John Herschel
• Decide this minute to never again beg anyone for the love, respect and attention you should be showing yourself.
• I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.    Michel de Montaigne
• Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness.  To an opponent, tolerance.  To a friend, your heart.  To a customer, service.  To all, charity.  To every child, a good example.  To yourself, respect.  Oren Arnold

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Respecting yourself will cause others to respect you…

• People will treat you the way you treat you. Robert Holden
• Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect. Rhonda Byrne
• Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. Baltasar Gracian
• If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first. Oscar Wilde
• I teach the world how to treat me by the way I treat myself, and the way I present myself. Kristine Gasbarre
• 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
• If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself. Spanish Proverb
• Learn to deal with the fact that you are not a perfect person but you are a person that deserves respect and honesty. Pandora Poikilos
• The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. Sonya Friedman
• Respect yourself and others will respect you. Confucius
• Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I’m true to who I really am. Melody Beattie

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… and will help you respect others

• The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self- respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own. Eric Hoffer
• A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures. Carl Jung
• Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are… completely. Stacey Charter
• The way I treat myself reflects the way I treat others. When I treat myself with dignity and respect, it will be reflected in the way I treat others. If I treat myself with disdain and contempt, that will be reflected in the way I treat others. Kevin Hall
• There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self- esteem, the more likely one will treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. People who do not experience self- love have little or no capacity to love others. Nathaniel Branden
• A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else. Cardinal De Retz

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Yet more rewards of respecting yourself

• He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners. Laurence Sterne
• Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. Joe Clark
• 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
• Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything. Jack Kornfield
• 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
• 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.    Gail Sheehy

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We pay a price for lack of self-respect

• It is worth the while to live respectably unto ourselves. We can possibly get along with a neighbor, even with a bedfellow, whom we respect but very little; but as soon as it comes to this, that we do not respect ourselves, then we do not get along at all. Henry David Thoreau
• A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. Axel Munthe
• I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect. Mahatma Gandhi

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The greatest self-respect comes from building your personal integrity…

• I believe that a life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self- esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude—that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way. Stephen Covey
• If you don’t respect yourself, you cannot maintain your confidence, regardless of how well you follow all the other principles. Nothing will inform you as a person more than your actions, specifically your promise-keeping ratio during your life. It defines you as either a truth teller or a liar. Tim Sanders
• Your self-esteem, the core of your personality, has been defined by psychologist Nathaniel Branden as “the reputation you have with yourself.” Brian Tracy
• That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. William J.H. Boetcker
• I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false. Frederick Douglass
• To thine own self be true. William Shakespeare
• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline… Abraham J. Heschel
• Integrity

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…and practicing self-discipline when it matters

• A healthy view of discipline keeps us on track in areas of our life where we’ve determined to make a change. Discipline is a practice of self-love, self-respect, and surrender that results in freedom. Michael Bernard Beckwith
• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. Abraham J. Heschel
• Forget about self-esteem. Work on self-control. Roy Baumeister & John Tierney
• It is relatively easy to succeed in life with low self-esteem, but very difficult to succeed without self-control, self- discipline, or emotional resilience in the face of setbacks. Jean Twenge & Keith Campbell
• By constant self-discipline and self-control, you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser
• Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Joshua
• 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-discipline

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Self-respect comes from being assertive – and vice versa

• Being assertive shows that you respect yourself, because you’re willing to stand up for your interests and express your thoughts and feelings. It also demonstrates that you’re aware of the rights of others and are willing to work on resolving conflicts. Mayo Clinic
• Individuals behaving assertively will express themselves in ways that respect the other person. They assume the best about people, respect themselves, and think “win-win” and try to compromise. Elizabeth Scott, M.S.
• Learning to say no can earn you respect from yourself as well those around you. Auliq Ice

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Self-respect comes from respecting your inner voice

• One of the first principles to honor in your relationship with yourself is to respect and trust your own inner voice. This form of trust is the way of the heart, the epitome of well-being. Michael Bernard Beckwith
• Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature and judgments that overthrow the rule of reason. Marcus Aurelius
• Inner wisdom

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Self-respect comes from mastery

• Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn’t matter what. Then you don’t have to worry about empty compliments. You don’t worry about what other people think. You have self- respect. Albert Borris
• At the end of the day, you want to respect what you do. In a certain sense, our work is us. We get into it, and it gets into us. John W. Rowe
• No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect. George Bernard Shaw
• Mastery

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Self-respect comes from self-affection and appreciation

• When you learn to embrace yourself with a sense of appreciation and affection, you begin to glimpse the goodness and light that is in you and gradually you will realize that you are worthy of respect from yourself. John O’Donohue
• Talk to yourself in the way in which you would talk to someone you really care about and respect. Marelisa Fabrega
• Appreciation

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More paths to self-respect

• 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
• It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.    Dale E. Turner
• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it’s good for one’s self-respect to be a punching bag.    Edward Koch
• Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. Marcus Aurelius
• In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat. Robert Byrne
• You do not need to be the designated driver of someone’s intoxicated ego. Dodinsky,
• Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you or makes you happy.
• The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. Joan Didion
• They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. Mahatma Gandhi
• 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
• The more your behavior in the moment is consistent with what you feel your ideal behavior should be, the more you like and respect yourself and the happier you are. Brian Tracy
• The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self- confidence, engenders self- respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor. Richard G. Scott

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• Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.  John J. McCloy
• True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have.  Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.  Ralph W. Sockman
• Humility

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• Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one as yet is suspicious. L. Mencken
• The more things a man is ashamed of the more respectable he is. George Bernard Shaw
• When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother I’m gonna run away from home. She said “On your mark”   Rodney Dangerfield

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