Respect Quotes

6363 Respect quotes by 3731 unique authors

To them that ask: Where hast thou seen the Gods, or how knowest thou certainly that there be Gods, that thou art so devout in… — Marcus Aurelius
Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by… — Khalil Gibran
Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To… — Khalil Gibran
We as a people seem to be losing all sense of respect for ourselves and our fellow men, with the result that in a thoroughly… — Unknown Author
Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them… — John F. Akers
The community owes us nothing. It's up to us to go out and earn their respect. — Jerry Colangelo
I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion. — Jerome K. Jerome
What [he] is apparently objecting to is that not everyone takes his beliefs seriously. Indeed, some don't seem to respect his beliefs at all, and… — Jeffrey Shallit
The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her… — Jeannette Rankin
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth. — Madame Roland
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists… — James R Newman
The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what… — Immanuel Kant
Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark. — Fred Astaire
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. — Albert Schweitzer
Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can. — Zhuangzi
If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, what people… — Charles Kingsley
The only things in which we can be said to have any property are our actions. Our thoughts may be bad, yet produce no poison;… — Charles Caleb Colton
If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand… — Carl Jung
What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the… — Alexander Hamilton
I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found,… — Alexander P. de Seversky
Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?… — Albert Einstein
I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralysed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a… — Adrienne Rich
Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the… — Origen

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