Respect Thyself Quotes & Sayings

Do, soul, do; abuse and contemn thyself; yet a while and the time for thee to respect thyself, will be at an end. Every man's happiness depends from himself, but behold thy life is almost at an end, whiles affording thyself no respect, thou dost make thy happiness to consist in the souls, and conceits of other men. — Marcus Aurelius

Don't go the distance trying to fit in the crowd and be accepted by others. Accept and respect yourself first. Loving thyself also goes with this.-Elizabeth's Quotes — Elizabeth E. Castillo

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. — Ausonius

By showing him so much respect, Thou didst, as it were, cease to feel for him, for Thou didst ask far too much from Him
Thou who has loved him more than Thyself! Respecting him less, Thou wouldst have asked less of him. That would have been more like love, for his burden would have been lighter. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Love is an energy that is addictive, contagious and free. Earn it, chase it, give it to those in need. — Aaron Lauritsen

On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone. — Marcus Aurelius

The significance of that 'absolute commandment', know thyself - whether we look at it in itself or under the historical circumstances of its first utterance - is not to promote mere self-knowledge in respect of the particular capacities, character, propensities, and foibles of the single self. The knowledge it commands means that of man's genuine reality - of what is essentially and ultimately true and real - of spirit as the true and essential bein — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

It is a pleasurable thing to earn the admiration of others, but it is a far better feeling to honestly admire thyself. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are. — Martina Boone