Alfred Whitney Griswold Quotes

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to.

The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

Self-respect is the best of all.

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

No strength within, no respect without.

I fight if I need to, I dance if I need to, yet I won't compromise my integrity and pride.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."

There is such a thing as honest pride and self-respect.

No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

Without self-respect there can be no genuine success. Success won at the cost of self-respect is not success ? for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own self-respect.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.