self-respect Quotes

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

By indignities men come to dignities.

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

A single woman with a very narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid - the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman of good fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.