Self Respect Quotes

“The world will tell you what you are worth, until you show it you are not for sale.”
― Broms The Poet, Feast

“You give numerous second chances to the undeserved, but start judging yourself in your very first legitimate failure. Why such discrimination?”
― Hiral Nagda

“Go where you are celebrated - not tolerated. If they can't see your true value and worth, then it's time for a new start.”
― honeya

“I remember every single red flag waving
like the first crazy
through the door on Black Friday.
I remember drinking
until each flag waved slower and slower
and seemed
harmless. The voids within you
attract the voids
who sleep next to you. I get it now.”
― C. Renee Kiser, The Ones Who Adore Your Veins

“This is someone who manipulated, lied, abused, and deeply hurt you. As you develop self-respect, you should come to understand that this is all more than enough reason to remove someone from your life—permanently.”
― Jackson MacKenzie, Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, & Other Toxic People

“Sometimes we use the value that someone else gives us to determine the worth of ourselves and wonder why we fall short. When we cease listening to our own soul, we give our power away.”
― Nikki rowe

“Learn to say to no things that get in the way of life. And to say yes to the things that help you live.”
― Matt Haig, The Comfort Book

“Recovering from the trauma inflicted by our narcissistic mother (or father/spouse/partner) takes time and effort. For some, it can take decades to understand, process, and unpack it. Healing isn’t a marathon. Rather, it’s a daily journey. We gain more insight. We educate ourselves. We process our painful abuse. We know that we are worthy of being loved, respected, and cared for.”
― Dana Arcuri, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach, Soul Rescue: How to Break Free From Narcissistic Abuse & Heal Trauma

“You are the ink, pen and paper, your life is your own decision.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World

“I remember every single red flag waving
like the first crazy
through the door on Black Friday.
I remember drinking
until each flag waved slower and slower
and seemed
harmless. The voids within you
attract the voids
who sleep next to you. I get it now.

-The Ones Who Adore Your Veins”
― Casey Renee Kiser

“My needs are less, hence my integrity is dangerous.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“One with genuine self-respect can never feel disrespected.”
― Charles F Glassman

“Never ever doubt yourself or your capabilities. You are born to Win. You are born to be a Hero!”
― Avijeet Das

“My worth is not tied to someone’s presence. My value comes from within. It is not at someone else’s mercy or charity. I honor and respect myself.
”
― J.S. Wolfe, The Unfolding: A Journey of Involution

“After much conversation, the tomato plant finally understood that it might not be beautiful, but it can satisfy a hungry palette with its rich flavor. And the rose bush understood that it cannot feed the stomach, but it can fill the senses with its lavish beauty and sweet scents. And from that point forward neither had the desire to be the other, for they understood that such a foolish action would have caused them to lose the marvelous ability to complement the other.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A precise definition of self-respect is also that you respect everyone's self-respect without distinctions.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“The trauma recovery with a narcissistic mother (or father) is not an easy one. There may be bumps in the road. You may have grown up feeling rejected, ostracized, or condemned. You may have moments when your inner critic screamed awful words to you.

Essentially, healing means you must release codependent relationships with toxic folks. It starts by identifying and understanding the shameful messages and beliefs that were transferred from the perpetrators to you, which are false.

In effort to heal your mother wound (or father wound), it requires you to replace the negative, internalized messages to be transformed into positive self-talk that is kind, loving, nurturing, and respectful.”
― Dana Arcuri, Certified Trauma Recovery Coach, Soul Rescue: How to Break Free From Narcissistic Abuse & Heal Trauma

“In its severe form, this is not uncommonly seen when a person has such low self-esteem that their Chimp allows their partner to beat them up, physically or psychologically, and then remain with them. Learn to recognise what is happening and work with their Chimp’s emotions and learn to build self-esteem and self-respect to replace insecurity. This is not an easy task and professional help is often needed.”
― Steve Peters

“Honor He Wrote (The Sonnet)

I am not a writer, writers have limits,
I have none, I only have responsibility,
The responsibility to unite the world,
The responsibility to humanize humanity.
We are setting out on this journey,
With the awareness of being responsible,
For responsibility makes one honorable,
Honor makes one responsible.
Fervor of honor is beginning to fade,
From the fabric of society and self.
It is definitely no sign of progress,
In fact it is a sign of utter decadence.
Honor is, in truth, another name for character.
With the demise of honor all good will disappear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“Why would you ever be excited to be with someone who is not excited to be with you? If they’re not happy with you now, what makes you think they’ll be happy to be with you later? Why do you make an effort to convince someone to date you when they make no effort to convince you?

What does that say about you? That you believe you need to convince people to be with you? (Hint: it implies that you wouldn’t even want to be with yourself.)

You wouldn’t buy a dog that bites you all the time. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who regularly ditches you. And you wouldn’t work a job that doesn’t pay you. Then why the hell are you trying to make a girlfriend out of a woman who doesn’t want to date you? Where’s your fucking self-respect?”
― Mark Manson

“The Law of Fuck Yes or No states that when you want to get involved with someone new, in whatever capacity, they must inspire you to say “Fuck Yes” in order for you to proceed with them.
The Law of Fuck Yes or No also states that when you want to get involved with someone new, in whatever capacity, THEY must also respond with a “Fuck Yes” in order for you to proceed with them.”
― Mark Manson

“Wrapped up in that sweet guy who treats you so well, except goes weeks without calling you and suddenly disappears after a couple drinks and a round of the horizontal polka? Been wondering if he really likes you? Do his excuses of being so busy all the time seem legit? It doesn’t sound like the answer is a “Fuck yes.” Then it’s time to move on.”
― Mark Manson

“Fuck Yes or No applies to relationships as well. My wife used to work with a guy who got married because “it seemed like the right thing to do.”

You do your taxes because “it seems like the right thing to do.” You wipe your infant’s ass because “it seems like the right thing to do.” You don’t marry someone because “it seems like the right thing to do.” You marry them because you can’t fucking imagine ever not wanting to be with them.

Unsurprisingly, four years later, he was cheating on his wife every chance he got. The marriage was not a “Fuck Yes” for him. It should have been a “No” from Day 1.”
― Mark Manson

“And this is the ultimate dating advice lesson — man, woman, gay, straight, trans, furry, whatever — the only real dating advice is self-improvement. Everything else is a distraction, a futile battle in the grey area, a prolonged ego trip. Because, yes, with the right tools and performance, you may be able to con somebody into sleeping with you, dating you, even marrying you. But you will have won the battle by sacrificing the war, the war of long-term happiness.”
― Mark Manson

“Excuses will hide the truth, protect the ego, kill the attitude, amplify the anger, vandalize the relationships and sabotage your self-respect.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Self-love is an act of holy disruption.

To love yourself in a world that profits directly from your self-loathing is the ultimate subversion of all that seeks to keep you tame.”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“I tried really hard not to find it romantic or tragic or anything like that because I knew that's exactly what he wanted. He can't charm me with his weirdness anymore.”
― Vicki Grant, Tell Me When You Feel Something

“But what I've got to do if I'm to keep any self-respect at all," he thought, rising stiffly from the bench, while his teeth chattered, "is to accept my cowardice, take it all for granted, and think of myself as a nervous insignificant book-worm, who can't do anything but teach Latin and be petted by Miss Le Fleau!”
― John Cowper Powys, Weymouth Sands