Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
-John Herschel
Quotations
Self - Respect
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
-Pythagoras "Pythagoras"
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
-Joan Didion
To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others
-Nelson Mandela "Nelson Mandela"
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
-Confucius "Confucius"
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
Have respect for the Self and no one can take your self respect.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.
-Axel Munthe
Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.
-Anna Gould
A man’s value depends upon his courage and resolution, his veracity depends upon his traits of nobility and self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
-A Spiritual Leader "Hazrat Ali"
