Quotes on Respect

Respect for the rights of others means peace.

When you get to be my age, baby, you have to pay time more respect.

Women absolutely deserve respect.

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.

This world belongs to all of us, and all sexes should be able to live in respect and harmony.

Our country needs more people who listen, think for themselves, and treat each other with respect.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing to harbor anger is futile. Training the mind and overcoming your anger is much more effective than mere prayer. Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that.

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

Train your mind to see in all people, what they do not see in themselves. Begin to treat every person you come in contact with as the most important person in the world. Look at them with new awareness.

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.