Romelu Lukaku Quotes

To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it.

I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.

I'm not ashamed of myself.

Don't let people take you ahead of where you are at.

Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop the emotional musculature that will allow them to show self-restraint.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.