To feel confident, you must first have self-respect. Self-respect can be gained by doing things that make you happy. It is also the foundation for healthy self-esteem, but it is not the same thing as self-esteem. You can have high self-esteem but lack self-respect if you don’t do things that make you happy or only do them when pressure is put on you. When you practice self-respect, it boosts your confidence. You can treat yourself the way that you would like to be treated by others.
It would be best if you took care of yourself to feel good about yourself, and nothing does more for your self-respect than making sure that your needs are met and your basic needs are taken care of first. Self-respect helps you to see yourself as good enough and deserving of love. When we start treating ourselves well, we start seeing ourselves in a more positive light, improving our self-esteem.
The following are the list of top most inspiring self-respect quotes that will motivate you to boost your confidence and self-esteem.
45 Inspirational Self Respect Quotes
1. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” ~ Confucius
2. “The most important form of respect is self-respect. Not only does it show others how to treat themselves, it teaches them how to treat you.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
3. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4. “You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.” ~ Unknown
5. “Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
7. “I want to feel proud and happy about my selflessness. But what happens when being selfless takes away a big part of yourself?” ― Jaye Robin Brown
8. “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
9. “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.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
10. “Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
11. “Not being yourself is the worst form of self-disrespect.” ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
12. “I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” ~ Rita Mae Brown
13. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” ~ Lao Tzu
14. “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” ~ Robert Tew
15. “Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
16. “Don’t ever stray from yourself, in order to be close to someone that doesn’t have the courtesy to remind you of your worth or the integrity of a gentleman to walk you home.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
17. “Your sense of self-worth comes from you alone — never the opinion of others.” ~ Robert Green
18. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ~ Michel de Montaigne
19. “Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
20. “A man with self-confidence has a natural smile on his face, sense in his mind, and strength in his hands.” ~ Amit Kalantri
21. “Never trade respect for attention.” ~ Mel Robbins
22. “Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” ~ Rob Liano
23. “The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self-respect.” ~ Alex Elle
24. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
25. “Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.” ~ Amit Ray
26. “This above all; to thine own self be true.” ~ William Shakespeare
27. “Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” ~ Pierre Corneille
28. “Deeply respecting yourself is the first step toward having a deep respect for others.” ~ Amy Leigh Mercree
29. ” You’ll stop caring what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.” ~ David Foster Wallace
30. “In yourself right now is all the place you’ve got.” ~ Flannery O’Connor
31. “Do things that give you happiness, increasing your respect in yourself.” ~ Giridhar Alwar
32. “Their opinions are not your oxygen. They should only fan your f*cking flames.” ~ Curtis Tyrone Jones
33. “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” ~ Thucydides
34. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Jack Kornfield
35. “Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.” ~ Zig Ziglar
36. “Remember who you are. This creature wants to take it from you. Do not let him.” ~ Jim Butcher
37. “Having healthy boundaries not only requires being able to say “no” but also being willing and able to enforce that “no” when necessary.” ~ Jessica Moore
38. “If you don’t care to be liked, they can’t touch you.” ~ Naval Ravikant
39. “Everything and anything we communicate to others, communicates to them, how to see us and treat us.” ~ Miya Yamanouchi
40. “Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” ~ Author-Poet Aberjhani
41. “The best gift you can give to others is your presence. The best gift you can give to yourself is perseverance.” ~ Maxime Lagacé
42. “Happiness is the highest form of self-respect. A person who allows himself to be happy shows his self-respect.” ~ Marty Rubin
43. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” ~ Robert Morley
44. “Who wouldn’t live in utter despair if their sense of self depended entirely on the opinions of others?” ― Marty Rubin
45. “Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.” ~ Joan Didion
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