"No-one else can give you self-respect. After a while, no-one can take it away either. No-one can buy it for you. No-one can pass it on. Self-respect does not depend on age, wealth, good looks, status, race, religion or culture. In fact, some of the people who are most inwardly comfortable and whose dignity, integrity and self-respect make them wonderful company and utterly inspiring to be with, have none of what 'the world' values most. Self-respect comes from within. It reflects and develops your inner life, your view of yourself and the depth of your appreciation of life itself. It also shapes utterly the way you see and interact with the world beyond yourself."
Stephanie Dowrick
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