“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having,has a price.”
“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice.”
“Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.”
“Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.”
“My blood will only buy you that fool's regard. I will pay a high price for you to be respected by a churl. Nothing bought with blood is worth having, young man.”
“People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned -- it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned -- and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.”