D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Honour is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

Sticking to your values, listening to your instincts, making your own choices is so important.

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Honor is the inner garment of the Soul; the first thing put on by it with the flesh, and the last it layeth down at its separation from it.

I don't kiss nobody's butt.

The belt doesn't represent me; it's how you deal with people, how you represent yourself as a champion. The belt is a sign of a champion, but what makes a champion is the things I have just said.

I'm a human being and I'm a man, so don't disrespect me.

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.

It is your holy work, to deeply love, honor and respect the precious self that you are, the soul that only you hold.

When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect.

There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Away with all ideals. Let each individual act spontaneously from the forever incalculable prompting of the creative wellhead within him. There is no universal law.

A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things.

May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.

Self-respect is the best of all.

Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. … To have the approval of your conscience when you are alone with your thoughts is like being in the company of true and loving friends. To merit your own self-respect gives strength to character. Conscience is the link that binds your soul to the spirit of God.

People try to force things. It's disastrous. Just leave your mind alone. Your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get out of the way.

I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever it is. You don't have to be a film director - you can do gardening or something - but I think everyone needs to create something.

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.

Nobody asks you to love the whole world, only to be honest, ehrlich. Don't have a loud mouth. The more you love people the more they'll mix you up. A child loves, a person respects. Respect is better than love.

All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.

Don't ask for respect. Earn it.