self-respect Quotes

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

The first wealth is health.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?