Respect Quotes

Respect Quote of the day

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

If you want a world ruled by law and not by force you must build up, from the very grassroots, a respect for law.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Respect is an invention of people who want to cover up the empty place where love should be.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side?

In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!’ the gunslinger roared. ‘You have forgotten the faces of those who made you!

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The surest way of ruining a youth is to teach him to respect those who think as he does more highly than those who think differently from him.

No one can insult me, because I do not want respect.No one can defeat me, because I have given up the idea of winning.How can you defeat me? You can only defeat someone who wants to win.

My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.

The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my physical presence. Page. 283

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you

If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t distinguish what should be respected in them.

Tall and thin, Mademoiselle Baptistine was a pale and gentle person. She was the incarnation of the word 'respectable, ' whereas to be 'venerable, ' a woman should lso be a mother.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

Under Superintendent Johnson's leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.

I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

And if you don’t underestimate me, I won’t underestimate you.

No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.

It is important to know you are not above or below anyone.

Love is treating yourself at least as well as you treat others, understanding when someone isn't good for you and knowing when it's time to walk away...

I respect the decision of others. But I retain my own deductions.

A great attitude toward your approach to an interview—demonstrated by your good posture—is everything.

Possession is not only when the devil plays hide and seek in your brain or poison your medula oblongata with negativity, but it is also when you are under the influence of the same specie as you!

So many men treat their wives badly, or indifferently, or with barely contained impatience. Josh doesn't mind-- no that's not right--he insists on openly showing his love and respect for me.

Take the time out to have a look at yourself, it might help you to appreciate yourself better.

You are greater than you can possibly imagine, if you would only free yourself up to imagine.

All I can give you is nothin except respectonly if you could digest it with no suspect.

The one who has developed a habit of taking a lot of respect from others [relish pride], will get cheated.

...what is sacred is the other person -we forget that sometimes - and fail to honor who they are ...