~ 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. ~

~ Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. ~

~ Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ~

~ Self-respect: The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~

~ I understand the dignity of a life, but our right is much more dignified than life, our freedom, and our self-respect. ~

~ Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ~

~ Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. ~

~ One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself ~

~ Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. ~

~ Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. ~

~ Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women. ~

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

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

~ Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success � for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect. ~

~ Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. ~