self-respect
Example Sentences
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Self-respect never injures your standing with your employer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Self-respect is one of the most important requisites even in the acting of a comedy.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
Self-respect being already lost, and conscience beaten down, he was allured by low compensations, and the apostle became a thief.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
Self-respect must be protected at every stage of the struggle as the patient’s only hope.
From Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Towns, Charles B.
Self-respect, and a proper deference for our superiors in age or intellect, will be the best safeguards against either a cringing or insolent manner.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
