Great self-respect is as often manifested in forbearance as in resentment.
~ E.d.e.n. Southworth
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
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
~ Barry Bonds
You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.
~ Jimmy Chamberlin
I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
~ Harold Ramis
It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
~ Barry Gibb
I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I find in few men of my age - my enthusiasm.
~ Rabbit Maranville
In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.
~ Kurt Cobain
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
~ Bruno Bettelheim
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
~ Ed Koch
