Will Smith Quotes

I may forget my dignity, but you may not.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

I don't need to prove to someone that I'm as good as I am.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on a set, say, that doesn't really value a woman's point of view, regardless of how they feel, continuing to give my point of view and try to find a way to be heard and not diminishing myself because other people are diminishing me. Because that, I think, is the worst temptation that, you know, you judge yourself by how others are judging you, and to fall into that trap is to walk into the realm of self-annihilation.

As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general.

I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior.

Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity.

If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!

Have you ever tried to get to your feet with a sprained dignity?

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

I've put up with too much, too long, and now I'm just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less.

Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.

I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Don't apologize for asking for what you deserve.

What I’ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You’ve broken it with a word, so I must die.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

A man´s level of dignity must always be above his level of fear.

Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.

I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

No one can degrade us except ourselves.