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“Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.”

Men Doe Self Mankind Respect Bread Self Respect Live By

Book:The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

“My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.”

Ifs Men Humans Self Body Liberty Succeed Weak Conviction Finished Every Man Self Respect Guardian Human Family

Book:All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

“It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.”

Difficult Respect Esteem Self Respect

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.”

Self Capacity Bases Self Respect Possessed Organize Toil Limitless

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.”

Self Loses Advice Civilization Disease Compromise Self Respect Cherish Viruses

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“It belongs to the self-respect of intellect to pursue every tangle of thought to its final unravelment.”

Self Finals Intellect Pursue Self Respect

Book:Science and the Modern World

Source: Science and the Modern World

“Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed.”

Men Want Giving Doe Self Term Unhappy Self Respect

Author:Edmond de Goncourt

“So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect.”

Self Bases Property Possession Esteem Self Respect Complacency

Book:A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism

Source: A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism

“Know yourself. Feel yourself. Love yourself. Respect yourself. Take good care of yourself. You are your most precious possession on Earth.”

Knows Feels Care Earth Attitude Love You Self Love Possession Self Respect Love Yourself Know Yourself Respect Yourself Precious Possessions

Author:Robert Muller

“It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.”

Self Results Dangerous Athlete Self Worth Self Respect Riding

Author:Jim Courier

“Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.”

Self Fighting Taught Self Confidence Self Respect Self Control

Author:Gina Carano