Respect Quotes

Political language - And with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - Is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell, 1946

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.

Cicero

No church that panders to the zeitgeist deserves respect, and very shortly it will not get respect, except from those who find it politically useful, and that is less respect than disguised contempt.

Robert H Bork

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

Persian Prove

The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) A Case of Identity, 1892

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self - Respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you and education.

Wilson Mizne

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

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

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Albert Einstein

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

Jason DeBruin, The poem "Temporary Shame".

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

Mark Twain

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

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, The Prince

Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil aphorism 78

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

Since when was genius found respectable?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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

Charles Baudelaire, Mon Coeur Mis a Nu, XXII

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.

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

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self - Respect.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations

All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the above named organisations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon... must be regarded as an enemy of the national government.

SA Oberfuhrer of Bad Tolz, March, 1933.

Government cannot make us equal it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

Clarence Thomas

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

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 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

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

This is the first test of a gentleman his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

William Lyon Phelps

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

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

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Frank Herbert

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

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Jodie Foste

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

Buddha