Deference Quotes

40 Deference quotes by 38 unique authors

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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;… — Benjamin Franklin
Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is… — Louisa May Alcott
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours,… — Virginia Woolf
In deference to such spectacular carnage it is perhaps perverse to dwell upon one person's death, but we are creatures so constituted that the passing… — Louis de Bernieres
The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which… — Marcel Proust
Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference… — Timothy Keller
The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I… — Sean Brady
Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they… — Lord Melbourne
The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as it grows fainter relaxes them, and notwithstanding the illusion by… — Marcel Proust
The best thing to give 2 your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart 2 ur child, a gud example;… — Lady Gaga
It is not difficult to write in Spanish; the Spanish language is a gift from the gods which we Spaniards take for granted. I take… — Camilo Jose Cela
With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the world's first writer… — Ashleigh Brilliant
Courts have paid a lot of deference to post-secondary institutions if they've done their work properly. — Richard Harris

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