Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: Sayings of Confucius
“Respect yourself, if you want others to respect you.”
Adolph Freiherr Knigge book Über den Umgang mit Menschen
Book 1, Chapter 2, Section 5.
Variant: ""Have a proper regard for yourself if you wish to be esteemed by others.""
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)
“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky book Humiliated and Insulted
The Insulted and the Injured (1861)
Context: If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
“If you dont respect me what must you think of yourself?”
Cormac McCarthy book No Country for Old Men
Source: No Country for Old Men
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
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1940s–present, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
Source: Minority Report
“You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.”
Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra