"Self-respectful" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... For, finally, brethren, all things that are true, all things that are honourable, serious, sacred, venerable, self-respectful, all things that are righteous, as between man and man in common life, all things that are pure, clean words, clean deeds, all things that are amiable, gracious, kindly; for manner as well as matter falls under the will of God; all things that are sweet to speak of, things prompting ...
— Philippian Studies - Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians • Handley C. G. Moule
... between attacking my literary reputation and attacking my moral character, there is no such ambiguity hanging about the accusation of "extravagant pretensions as to the originality and profundity of my still unpublished system of philosophy." A decent modesty, a self-respectful reserve, a manly humility in presence of the unattainable ideal of either moral or intellectual perfection, a speechless reverence in the presence of either infinite goodness or infinite truth,—these are virtues which belong to ...
— A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University - Professor Royce's Libel • Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
