Core Principle Number 1 - Respect Yourself

 

“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
― Confucius, Sayings of Confucius

 

“They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

 

“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, The Insulted and Humiliated 

“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World 

 

“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.”
― Adrienne Rich

“Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.”
― Gordon B. Hinckley