Quotes About Respect For Yourself

#1. Have respect for yourself and no one can take away your self respect.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#2. The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

Ayad Akhtar

#3. If you as a woman don't have respect for yourself don't expect for a man to respect you.

Christopher J. Williams

#4. Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Jack Kornfield

#5. Above all have respect for yourself.

Pythagoras

#6. Dressing well was also a sign of respect, for yourself and for others.

Mireille Guiliano

#7. INXS never had that groupie thing. No, no we really never did. Not in a sexual way - well, alright, then, maybe years ago. I've done a few stupid things in my time, but you've got to have respect for yourself, otherwise you end up getting used

Michael Hutchence

#8. Healthy respect for yourself.

Rhonda Byrne

#9. Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.

Georges St-Pierre

#10. Why should one be a Christian? It is ugly. Be a christ if you can be, but don't be a Christian. Be a buddha if you have any respect for yourself, but don't be a Buddhist. The Buddhist believes. Buddha knows.

Osho

#11. Once you have a major success with assertiveness, you learn that it's a much healthier path than being a doormat to the insensitive folks. You gain respect for yourself, have more time for your priorities, and develop authentic and healthier relationships.

Doreen Virtue

#12. You don't owe anybody the present other than yourself. Take time for you. Respect yourself and your privacy. Set boundaries.

Demi Lovato

#13. Be excellent in your own terms. Do not look for approval from a single soul on this planet. Respect yourself and in time the whole world will respect you.

Abhijit Naskar

#14. Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He'd have to
you'd not grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself
no love, no kindness, no respect!

Mary Ann Shaffer

#15. Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?"

Richard P. Feynman

#16. If your self-respect's for sale, don't complain when someone tries to bargain.

K.D. Harp

#17. I recall a friend telling me that for all the years his mother worked, every clock in her home was set 30 minutes ahead. She was never late. And she was beloved by all. Punctuality matters. Shows respect for others. And excellence within yourself. Be great today. Please.

Robin Sharma

#18. Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.

Fred Bear

#19. Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#20. Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are.

Martina Boone

#21. People who cannot respect others for their good qualities -
people who only look at the bad in others - are no good
themselves. By looking at only the bad points, you open
yourself up, and in a real encounter, will most probably be
killed.

Masaaki Hatsumi

#22. Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others.

Joyce Brothers

#23. When someone you have a lot of respect for believes in you, it helps you believe in yourself.

Cat Osterman

#24. If you will thank me, let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you, might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe, I thought only of you.

Jane Austen

#25. When you love yourself you will never need closure from any man. That doesn't mean you didn't love him, it simply means you love yourself enough to realize God has a better plan for you that doesn't involve one more conversation that will remind you of that person's lack of respect for you.

Shannon L. Alder

#26. you are an immensely ancient, complex, and continuous character, for which reason please treat yourself with respect and

Virginia Woolf

#27. Holmes," I cried, "this is impossible." "Admirable!" he said. "A most illuminating remark. It IS impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong. Yet you saw for yourself. Can you suggest any fallacy?

Arthur Conan Doyle

#28. Respect. Have it not only for others, but also for yourself.

Xondra Day

#29. While it is best to believe in oneself, a little more from others can be a great blessing, a thing to be thankful for.

Ogwo David Emenike

#30. True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#31. When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

Confucius

#32. Always think of yourself as everyone's servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

Teresa Of Avila

#33. Don't despise people because of their defects or because of their lack of talents and gifts. Imagine if people did it for you, how many friends would you be left with?

Bangambiki Habyarimana

#34. The amount of respect you have for others is in direct proportion to how much respect you have for yourself.

RuPaul

#35. Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood. Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.

Atisha

#36. At some point in the journey of being in it for yourself, you realize you need other people. Any good frontier story, in some respect, is about that.

Jonathan E. Steinberg

#37. While I'm all for positivity, I'm not for forced positivity. "Being positive" doesn't respect our pain, struggles, or challenges. You have to feel the positivity coming from the inside; you can't smash it into yourself from the outside.

Kira Lynne

#38. The essential respect is the one in your own heart for yourself.

Bryant McGill

#39. Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.

Rob Liano

#40. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect. It is about choice, and having the power to control how you present yourself to the world.

Bruce Schneier

#41. Love and respect yourself and never compromise for anything. And then you will be surprised how much growth starts happening of its own accord.. as if rocks have been removed and the river has started flowing.

Osho

#42. How can you blame others for disrespecting you when you think of yourself as unworthy of respect?

Elif Safak

#43. The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it.

Alfred Molina

#44. Be yourself. Forget about whether you are male or female and just work hard to become a director who truly knows her craft and the direction she wants the film to go. People respect a director for her work regardless of her gender.

Mabel Cheung

#45. You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

Mandy Hale

#46. Respect and appreciate yourself.This is your responsibility for your soul.

Rajesh Walecha

#47. Three rules for a career: 1) Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself; 2) Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.

Charlie Munger

#48. If you believe you're right ... stand up and fight for your place in the sun. If you believe you can do it, hang in for the whole 15 rounds because even if you don't win, you will have earned the respect of everyone in the fight, including yourself, and in that sense you will have prevailed.

Erin Brockovich

#49. To gain the respect of others, you must first think you deserve respect. And the more respect you have for yourself, the more respect others will have for you.

David J. Schwartz

#50. I have been all over this world of ours and I have found only one truth to be universal no matter what culture, people or country, I have visited. If you there with an open hand, an open heart, a smile, and demonstrating a little respect for those you me, you will always find yourself welcome.

Michael Leslie

#51. It is humiliating to realize that when you drive yourself underground, when you fake who you are, often you do so for people you do not even like or respect.

Nathaniel Branden

#52. Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.

F.X. Toole

#53. The prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. If you don't have a healthy respect for who you are, and if you don't learn to accept yourself faults and all, you will never be able to properly love other people.

Joel Osteen

#54. Developing emotional intelligence is one way to protect yourself from damaging relationships. Emotional intelligence is a science that has been studied and researched for over a decade. According to the theories, mutual respect and effective communication are key.

Liz Miller

#55. Stop rejecting that unique pathway that was designed exclusively for you. Embrace your destiny, respect yourself and love others.

Auliq Ice

#56. You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.

Elizabeth Edwards

#57. Worth is not something you can buy for $39.99, nor something you can lose with 10 extra pounds. Self-judging people make good consumers. Start a revolution. Love yourself.

Vironika Tugaleva

#58. I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

Clive Owen

#59. I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

Rita Mae Brown

#60. Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important to be clear about who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth. Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But remember to respect differences, and strive for unity.

Carlos Barrios

#61. The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

James Van Der Beek

#62. The best form of respect is self respect. Give it to yourself and others will see that you won't settle for anything less.

Auliq Ice

#63. Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation.

Paul Hoffman

#64. Don't yell at people. Stand up for what's right. Put yourself in the other persons place. Respect women. Don't take no for an answer. Laugh at yourself. Don't believe what you are told. Fall in love.

Greg Proops

#65. I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.

Randy Harrison

#66. When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

Tae Yun Kim

#67. For with dandies, a joke is the only way of making yourself respected.

Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly

#68. Respect yourself
Respect others
be Responsible for your actions

Kevin Green

#69. It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

John Major

#70. Saying No gains you respect. When you say No, the other person may feel disappointed. But ultimately, they will respect you for taking good care of yourself. And most of all, you'll respect yourself because you are being true to yourself!

Doreen Virtue

#71. Any of the girl never ever commit when her intention is to cheat You. So, I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect

Anuj Kr. Thakur

#72. Stop setting yourself on fire for people who just stand to watch you burn.

Nadege Richards

#73. There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

John Connolly

#74. The greatest reward for your actions is not the respect you gain from others but the respect you gain for yourself.

T Jay Taylor

#75. My Dear Friend,
Don't ever allow yourself to forget how incredibly special you are, even for a single second. Without you, the world would not be as magnificent. Let yourself remember to love again, starting with you loving you.

Miya Yamanouchi

#76. I wish I could somehow recover all those years I wasted waiting around for him to deal with his issues." Save yourself that sadness if you can, by insisting on nothing less than complete respect.

Lundy Bancroft

#77. If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.

Jacqueline Novogratz

#78. You must hope and yet hope for nothing. Look up to something, yes, do that, because that is right for you, you're young, terribly young, Jakob, but always admit to yourself that you despise it, the thing that you're looking up to with respect.

Robert Walser

#79. Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#80. Make no mistake- you can change things. Question everything, take nothing for granted; argue with all received ideas, don't respect what does not deserve respect; speak your mind, don't censor yourself; use your imagination and express what it tells you to express. These are the weapons of the mind.

Salman Rushdie

#81. Don't try to make yourself marketable, you'll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you'll be at the top.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#82. Have a healthy respect and love for yourself, but don't be taken out by your ego.

Frederick Lenz

#83. Respect goes a long way when you carry yourself a certain way and show manners when you first meet someone. If you do that, then it's hard for somebody not to like you.

Lamar Odom

#84. Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them in disguise. When you look for deeper meanings behind someone's pain you can then begin to heal not only yourself, but others.

Shannon L. Alder

#85. If you have a built-in level of respect and trust and openness to essentially be yourself, it allows for a deeper uncensored communication [with your partner].

Richard Gere