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
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
The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.
-Joan Didion
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.
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
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
-George Bernard Shaw
Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.
-Anna Gould
Respect yourself and others will respect you.