Respect Quotes - page 2

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. (U Thant)

The way to procure insults is to submit to them a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

William Hazlitt

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

Ayn Rand

PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.

Beatrice Arthur

It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons.

Henri Michaux

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Bruce Lee

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

Henry James

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

G. K. Chesterton

I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!

Sally Field

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Ambrose Bierce

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. (Steve Jobs)

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Charles de Gaulle

Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.

Michael Madsen

First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.

Kathy Najimy

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. We're all about the product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form.

Julie Taymor

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

Karen Armstrong

Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.

James Baldwin

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Brendan Behan

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Bertrand Russell

I've got no respect for a young man who won't join the colors.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. (Malcolm X)

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

Denis Diderot

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Stephen R. Donaldson

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

William Lyon Phelps

To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

Joseph Joubert

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