Only education, self-respect and rational qualities will uplift the down-trodden.
– Periyar EV Ramasamy
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- You cannot expect any rational thought from a religious man. He is like a rocking log in water. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- People are talking high of Thiruvalluvar. But in practice they do not respect his teachings. They act against him and disregard him. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- The terms `Husband’ and `Wife’ are inappropriate. They are only companions ad partners. One does not slave for other. They both have equal status. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- Whomsoever I love and hate, my principle is the same. That is, the educated, the rich and the administrators should not suck the blood of the poor. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- The proper task of social reform is to remove poverty from society and to ensure that people do not sell their conscience to make a living. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- Our thoughts of literary renaissance should always center themselves on the removal of superstition, meanness, indignity and ignorance. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth. – Periyar EV Ramasamy
- Make yourself your role model, because people who do not have qualities depend on the qualities of others to shape their own qualities. – Michael Bassey Johnson
- Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage. – Thucydides
- Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good. – Louis Zamperini
- Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good. – Louis Zamperini
- Self-respect leads to self-discipline and self-discipline paves a way for respect towards others. – Unarine Ramaru
- Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value. – Rob Liano
- The qualities required to be a good leader are usually incompatible with the qualities required to become a leader. – Francis Mont
- To earn respect, you must earn your own self respect before you can expect others, to respect you. – Auliq Ice
- I have tried to be very rational, although I know love and hate are not rational and explained feelings. – F Sionil Jose
- We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived. – Billy Graham
- If you read great literature every day, you will uplift your spirit, soul and self. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- SELF HELPUse the same amount of energy required to pull others down, to uplift yourself insteadKamil Ali – Kamil Ali
- Self education leads to self-development and self-liberation. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- I can teach you how to respect but self-respect is self taught. – Unarine Ramaru
- The slick concrete reflected the facades of the work weary – grey, cracked and old,but more importantly, trodden upon. – Martin Hopkins
- Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – Voltaire
- It’s as if he’s trodden in my footsteps, seen what I’ve seen, felt what I’ve felt, as I’ve criss-crossed the moors countless times. – Sanjida Kay
- You never find riches on a well trodden path. – Jeffrey Fry
- Experiment and reason, tempered by intuition, were to him preferable to solid plodding in the well-trodden paths of experience. – Richard DavenportHines
- Be selfish enough to have self love, self worth and self respect. – Robin Dabhi
- Respect, love, Trust; Every such things works both ways. If yeu want someone to respect yeu, yeu must respect that someone too. – Sandesh limbu
- Respect, love, trust; Every such thing works both ways.If yeu want someone to respect yeu, yeu must respect that someone too. – Sandesh Hukpachongbang
- Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect. – Lundy Bancroft
- Respect is not delivered it is earned. If you want more respect in the world treat people with tremendous respect. – Sravani Saha Nakhro
- I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man! – Rebecca McKinsey
- The song says respect yourself.But I would rather respect another and then have them respect me in return. – Anthony T Hincks
- Respect those who respect you; disrespect those who disrespect you, only then they will respect you. – John Yang aka Private
- Life wants you to respect yourself, respect other people and respect the planet. – Bryant McGill
- Think first. Think twice. Think again. Respect others. Respect yourself. Respect dreams. – Kevin James Breaux
- We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves. – JulieAnne
- The greatest self are self-improvement, self-development and self-discovery. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Self-pitying, self-righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she always needed the most. – David Nicholls
- The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we’re in trouble – Toni Sorenson