Respect Quotes
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.Gilbert Keith Chesterton
My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.Jesse Louis Jackson
There are two classes of poets - The poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.William J. H. Boetcke
Let me beg for your mercy if I have failed to earn your respect.Jason DeBruin, The poem "Temporary Shame".
The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.William Hazlitt
Last Monday a string of amendments were presented to the lower House these altogether respect personal liberty...Senator William Grayson
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that 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 the law.Martin Luther King Jr.
When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.J. B. Priestley
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.George Bernard Shaw
Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human.John Cogley Commonweal
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.Max Nordau
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.Jane Addams, Speech, Honolulu (1933)
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
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
Self - Respect permeates every aspect of your life.Joe Clark
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
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
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it we respect that of others, without fearing it.Thomas Jefferson
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.George Orwell
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
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
It is the highest form of self - Respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.Dr. Dale E. Turne
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
Government cannot make us equal it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.Clarence Thomas
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.E. B. White
Christmas gift suggestions To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.Oren Arnold
Self - Respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.Rabbi Abraham Heschel
What makes the difference between a Nation that is truly great and one that is merely rich and powerful It is the simple things that make the difference. Honesty, knowing right from wrong, openness, self - Respect, and the courage of conviction.David L Boren
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.Albert Einstein
In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings.Sir George Savile
Respect yourself most of all.Pythagorus
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.Jodie Foste
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.Confucius, nalects, IV. 11
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
He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.Ren G. Torres
