In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

在我那个年代，我们没有自尊，我们有自尊，但自尊并不比我们挣得多。

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity.

正直就是不违背自己身份的意愿。

It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.

乐于助人、与人为善是好事，但不要为了动物脂交易而把自己变成蜡烛上的油脂。

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

我最大的错误，我不能原谅自己的错误，是有一天我停止了对自己个性的固执追求。

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

永远不要侵犯你个人自尊的神圣。

Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

爱国主义……是通过谎言和谎言的网络人为地创造和维持的迷信;迷信剥夺人的自尊和尊严，增加人的傲慢和自负。

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

人就像彩色玻璃窗:当太阳出来的时候，他们闪闪发光，但是当黑暗降临的时候，只有当里面有光的时候，他们真正的美丽才会显露出来。

Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.

也许我们在减少恐惧方面能做的最重要的事情就是让人们更容易接受自己，喜欢自己。

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

尊重你的努力，尊重你自己。自尊导致自律。当你把两者牢牢地绑在腰带上，那才是真正的力量。

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

自尊是认识到任何值得拥有的东西都是有代价的。

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

自尊并不是什么可以隐藏的东西。当你最需要它的时候，它却不在那里。

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

自尊是自律的结果;自尊随着对自己说不的能力而增长。

Self-respect knows no considerations.

自尊无需考虑。

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

为了保持你的自尊，做你知道是对的事去得罪别人，总比做你知道是错的事去暂时取悦别人要好。

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.

与邻居和睦相处的能力在很大程度上取决于与我们自己和睦相处的能力。有自尊心的人会尽量容忍邻居的缺点，就像他容忍自己的缺点一样。