self-respect Quotes

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

I will not be concerned at other mens not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.