Respect Quotes

There exist only three beings worthy of respect the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

Charles Baudelaire

Let me beg for your mercy if I have failed to earn your respect.

Jason DeBruin, The poem "Temporary Shame".

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

Persian Prove

For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence.

Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.

Francis Jeffrey

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

Jane Addams, Speech, Honolulu (1933)

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

Abraham Lincoln

Respect yourself most of all.

Pythagorus

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

Jesse Louis Jackson

To them that ask, where have you seen the gods, or how do you know for certain there are gods, that you are so devout in their worship I answer Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.

Marcus Aelius Aurelius

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

Character is the foundation stone upon which one must build to win respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on a weak foundation, so no lasting reputation worthy of respect can be built on a weak character.

R. C. Samsel

Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect.

Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, January 27, 2003

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

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. ... With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Edward R. Murrow

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider everything as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

Sir Walter Scott

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

John Lancaster Spalding

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

U Thant

Last Monday a string of amendments were presented to the lower House these altogether respect personal liberty...

Senator William Grayson

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

Brian Tracy

The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual.

Millicent Carey McIntosh

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

Pope Pius XI

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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 a man, he will do the more.

James Howell

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Jeseph Joubert

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Peter McArthu