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"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
Rabbi Abraham Heschel
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"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity."
Francis Maitland Balfour
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"The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts."
William Hazlitt
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"If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself."
Spanish Proverb
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"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 Dostoevsky
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"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"Respect yourself and others will respect you."
Confucius
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"To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners."
Lawrence Sterne
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