“Self-respect — The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.”

“The frightened individual seeks for somebody or something to tie his self
to; he cannot bear to be his own individual self any longer,
and he tries frantically to get rid of it and to feel security again by the elimination of this burden:
the self.”

“People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned -- it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned -- and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.”

“Where the works gives scope for individuality, one sees a blossoming of self respect”

“When the individual is relieved of the obligation of self-respect, he acquires the habits of helplessness; he is inclined to retreat to the security of the prenatal state. The more he is taken care of the more he wants care.”

“The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”

“There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.”

“Deficient self-confidence and self respect, develops low self esteem, and induces the need to find faults in others; wisdom and quality self-confidence, engenders one’s ability to find excellence in the traits of others.”

“Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.”

“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to
self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt,
that's real power.”