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Self-Respect and Self-Worth

Before you can demand dignity from the world, you have to offer it to yourself.

50 quotes found

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Self‑esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

—Gloria SteinemFeminist, Activist & Journalist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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She was becoming herself, casting aside that fictitious self we assume to appear before the world.

—Kate ChopinAuthor

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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We are not looking for power, we are looking for dignity.

—Subcomandante MarcosTheorist

Late Modern ERA • Central America

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Conventionality is not morality. Self‑righteousness is not religion. To have a good conscience is to have strength.

—Charlotte BrontëNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Don't be afraid to put yourself out there. Show up as your full self.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

—Mary WollstonecraftWriter, Philosopher & Feminist

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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I am, by God, worthy of glory, and I stride in my own glory.

—Wallada bint al-MustakfiPoet & Caliph

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Caring for myself is not self‑indulgence, it is self‑preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

—Audre LordeWriter, Feminist & Activist

Late Modern ERA • North America

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Self‑development is a higher duty than self‑sacrifice.

—Elizabeth Cady StantonActivist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Queerness isn't a choice; it's a vibrant, undeniable truth. Embrace your authentic self.

—R. Zamora LinmarkNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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The only thing that can truly define you in this world is you.

—Bozoma Saint JohnAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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We were colonial and made to feel that we were not good enough.

—V.S. NaipaulNovelist

Post-War ERA • Caribbean

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Freeing the self from the administered total society means the restoration of the individual's power to create and to choose.

—Herbert MarcusePhilosopher & Sociologist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man.

—Jean-Jacques RousseauPhilosopher & Writer

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of what I have been.

—ColetteNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The only real emancipation is to have a job, and earn your own living.

—Vera BrittainWriter & Feminist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes.

—Swami VivekanandaPhilosopher

Industrial Age ERA • South Asia

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I am not in this world to live up to your expectations.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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I have been a fat black woman. I have been me.

—Grace NicholsPoet

Late Modern ERA • Caribbean

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I am queen of Ndongo and Matamba, not a servant to any foreign power.

—Njinga MbandeQueen

Renaissance ERA • Southern Africa

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