24 Movie Quotes about Self-Respect with AudioUpdated: Oct 3, 2026Browse clips, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips. 1 There are more important things than comfort: self-respect. Quote from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) 2 You know, I think it's a shame the way they treat you. Just because you're one-eighth their size doesn't mean you deserve one-eighth of their respect. Does it? Michael Caine as Nigel Powers in Austin Powers in Goldmember 3 You've got to say: I'm a human being, goddamn it. My life has value. Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976) 4 If they lie to me, they don't respect me. If they don't respect me, how can they ever love me? Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator (2000) 5 There ain't nothin' in the world worth losin' your pride for. Life don't mean nothin' unless you can hold your head up high. Mr. T as B.a. Baracus in The A-Team 6 I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people. I require the same from them. John Wayne as J.b. Books in The Shootist 7 Woman, I still have some pride. A man should be allowed his human dignity. John Wayne as J.b. Books in The Shootist 8 And the last one, I think, was... to never respect anybody who doesn't respect you back. That right? Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood 9 Well, that really disappoints me. I can see that you have no respect for me, or my contribution to this company. So you have forced me to turn in my letter of resignation. Wesley Snipes as Flipper Purify in Jungle Fever 10 If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures as well as our successes with quiet dignity and grace. Quote from Young Frankenstein (1974) Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 ► >>