Self-respect isn’t a straight line, it’s a circle.
Posture is self-respect, and if you don’t have it, no one else will give it to you.
No one can take honor from you. Only you can take honor from yourself.
Marriage is something one should never settle for or talk oneself into.
The day I apologize will be because I am truly sorry. I don’t sully apologies by making it a ritual of flagellation.
I will not pay for what I love by having contempt for myself.
I should have never let you back into my life.[Maddy Perez]You don’t mean that.[Cassie Howard]When somebody shows you who they are, believe them.[Maddy Perez]
I get you. You don’t want to piss people off. But man-to-man? It’s better to be pissed off than pissed on.[to Ibrahim]
I don’t believe in favors or shortcuts. I don’t want to pass this class because somebody handed me the grade. I want to earn it.
Don’t spend your life chasing emotionally unavailable men. Or you’ll spend your whole life just banging your head against a wall.[to Portia]
