self-respect

Example Sentences

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But he also lives for “the moment an audience will abandon its dignity and its self-respect” and laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

We found ourselves talking to our daughters about handling such interactions with self-respect, dignity and empathy—and avoiding their unhealthy opposites.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I don’t think that they understood self-respect because I don’t think they experienced it before.

From Los Angeles Times

In all of this, Mr. Easterly is firm in his belief that the way forward lies in a marriage of market economics and attention to self-respect.

From The Wall Street Journal

Theoretically, the result would be both well-earning livelihoods and self-respect for people who had pulled themselves out of poverty.

From Salon