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title: "18 Respect Fear Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Respect Fear quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Respect Fear sayings and thoughts."
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> [Respect and fear are two different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/respect-and-fear-are-two-different-things/)

[Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/)

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> [Respect all fear none my pride is everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/respect-all-fear-none-my-pride-is-everything/)

[Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/)

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> [Respect all. Fear none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/respect-all-fear-none/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

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> [When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/when-people-do-the-cowardly-thing-it-s-not-about-respect-it-s-about/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [“The fear was respect, the respect, fear. If you didn't have the fear you had nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/the-fear-was-respect-the-respect-fear-if-you-didn-t-have-the-fear-you/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

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> [“To Max the law did not inspire respect but fear. Whom men fear, they do not respect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/to-max-the-law-did-not-inspire-respect-but-fear-whom-men-fear-they-do/)

[Lewis E. Lawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-e-lawes/)

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> [When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-strong-be-merciful-if-you-would-have-the-respect-not-the-fear-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect &amp; fear. And they're not the same at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buck-brannaman/the-horse-needs-to-respect-you-but-sometimes-people-confuse-respect/)

[Buck Brannaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buck-brannaman/)

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> [Respect by fear of ruler is like heart without feelings, grow yourself such that you achieve respect by heart, thats the purest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/respect-by-fear-of-ruler-is-like-heart-without-feelings-grow-yourself/)

[Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/senoraroy-77_fear_respect-by-fear-of-ruler-is-like-heart-w_310873.jpg)

> [“First, people tolerate evil because they see some benefit to themselves,' he said. 'Then, they feed it in hope that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-dean-myers/first-people-tolerate-evil-because-they-see-some-benefit-to/)

[Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-dean-myers/)

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> [“It’s not respect but fear that motivates a man; that’s how empires are built and revolutions begin. It is the secret of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dobbs/it-s-not-respect-but-fear-that-motivates-a-man-that-s-how-empires-are/)

[Michael Dobbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dobbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/michael-dobbs-30503_fear_it-s-not-respect-but-fear-that-motivates_1953982.jpg)

> [“We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/college-of-st-catherine-staff/we-can-learn-to-work-and-speak-when-we-are-afraid-in-the-same-way-we-2/)

[College of St. Catherine Staff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/college-of-st-catherine-staff/)

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> [“Every year, I approach Independence Day with a great deal of respect and fear. Respect for the freedom fighters who put all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachna-singh/every-year-i-approach-independence-day-with-a-great-deal-of-respect/)

[Rachna Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachna-singh/)

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> [I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/i-write-for-those-women-who-do-not-speak-for-those-who-do-not-have-a/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [“Without trust and respect, only fear and distrust of others' motives and intentions are left. Without trust and respect between parties, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-a-beasley/without-trust-and-respect-only-fear-and-distrust-of-others-motives/)

[Deborah A. Beasley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-a-beasley/)

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> [ Respect is not fear and awe; it...\[is\]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/respect-is-not-fear-and-awe-it-is-the-ability-to-see-a-person-as-he/)

[Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/)

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> [For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/for-we-have-been-socialized-to-respect-fear-more-than-our-own-needs/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [“I write for these women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/i-write-for-these-women-who-do-not-speak-for-those-who-do-not-have-a/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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