Respect Quotes

6363 Respect quotes by 3731 unique authors

A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them would prove harmful to those to whom you have made them. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum. — Thorstein Veblen
Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share… — Ava Gardner
Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting. — Clarence Day
It is the hardest thing to close the open hand of someone you love. — Luigi Pirandello
Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good… — Elbert Hubbard
I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my… — Beyonce Knowles
With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel at home with… — Angelina Jolie
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them… — James Madison
When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which… — Carlos Castaneda
I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the masses. I passionately… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to… — William Howard Taft
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas
Since Copernicus, man seems to have got himself on an inclined plane-now he is slipping faster and faster away from the center into-what? into nothingness?… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Combining in our survey then, the whole range of deposits from the most recent to the most ancient group, how striking a succession do they… — Roderick Murchison
The popularisation of scientific doctrines is producing as great an alteration in the mental state of society as the material applications of science are effecting… — James Clerk Maxwell
I'm convinced that a controlled disrespect for authority is essential to a scientist. All the good experimental physicists I have known have had an intense… — Luis Walter Alvarez
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between… — Pope Francis
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is presumed that there exists a great unity in nature, in respect of the adequacy of a single cause to account for many different… — Immanuel Kant
I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick,… — Benjamin Franklin
With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of… — Antonin Scalia
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of… — Richard Dawkins
Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence.… — Christopher Hitchens

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