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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even read more
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you read more
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect read more
There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going.
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me . . . All I ask is that you respect me read more
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me . . . All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is read more
There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.