Self Respect And Dignity Quotes

• The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  War, Men, Cities

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.240, Best Books on

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  I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

  Frederick Douglass

  Respect, Fear, Integrity

  Frederick Douglass (2013). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Self Esteem, Pride

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• The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Women

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• I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

  Jackie Robinson

  Motivational, Change, Baseball

  "The Impact and Legacy Years, 1941, 1947, 1968". p. 100. Book by Fred Pulis, 2000.

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• Self-respect is the root of discipline

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Self, Roots, Discipline

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

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

  Harry S. Truman

  Respect, Peace, Men

  Harry S. Truman (2014). “1945: Year of Decision”, p.118, New Word City

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• In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

  Jane Haddam

  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Respect, Inspirational Life, Warrior

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.44, Macmillan

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• It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Leadership, Respect, People

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• A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

  Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

  Trust, Respect, Men

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• Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Respect, Integrity

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• Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

  Emma Goldman

  Lying, Men, Self

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.72, 谷月社

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• Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

  Price Pritchett

  Pride, Vanity, Self

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• The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Mistake, Teaching, Rights

  Broadcast to the people of Australia, February 19, 1948.

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• I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Waiting Rooms, Self, Ideas

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• I think death has a right to its own courage and dignity and self-respect.

  Adela Rogers St. Johns

  Death, Thinking, Self

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• Dogs are intelligent beings; they are not human beings. The life of a dog - there's no equivalency with the life of a person, and if you are putting a dog in the line of danger to save human life, and they can do the job reasonably well, I mean, seriously, what about dignity and self-respect? I feel like going out to dinner, I think I will have my cocker spaniel host the show tonight.

  Tucker Carlson

  Dog, Jobs, Mean

  "The Situation" with Tucker Carlson, www.nbcnews.com. December 7, 2005.

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