Respect Quotes
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
But respect yourself most of all.Golden verses of the Pythagoreans
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.Mark Twain
The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.Richard Bach
He that cannot decidedly say, No, when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.J. Hawes
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.Cicero
I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many of the prejudices of the few.Benjamin Disraeli
Set your expectations high find men and women whose integrity and values you respect get their agreement on a course of action and give them your ultimate trust.John Fellows Akers
He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful.Prophet Mohammed, ibn abbas
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - - That doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.Buddha
When an American says that he loves his country, he... means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self - Respect.Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect.Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, January 27, 2003
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.John Kenneth Galbraith
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals and to have a deference for others governs our manners.Lawrence Sterne
Respect a man, he will do the more.James Howell
I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.Edward Gibbon
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.Lawrence Sterne
There isn? t much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren? t really living without it.Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, August 27, 2003
What is love? As far as I can tell, is is passion, admiration, and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you dont have to die to go to heaven.William Wharton
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.Thomas Jefferson
Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord.Albert Einstein
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education.Wilson Mizne
I have been both rich and poor - - while I have respect for both, I am unimpressed and unawed by both as well.John A. Field
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.George Bernard Shaw
In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law... That would lead to anarchy. An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.Martin Luther King, Jr.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, June 10, 1941
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.Bertrand Russell
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.Ren G. Torres
Self - Respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.H. L. Mencken
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness to an opponent, tolerance to a friend, your heart to your child, a good example to a father, deference to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you to yourself, respect to all men, charity.Francis Maitland Balfou
Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.Norman Cousins
I respect everyone. I even respect journalists.Alexander Popov
Self - Respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.Rabbi Abraham Heschel
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.Niccolo Machiavelli
Anglo - Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.William Jennings Bryan
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.G. K. Chesterton
