Quotes About Respect

It was his ability to trust," she said. "It was the way that he made good people into better people, the way that he inspired them. His crew worked because he had confidence in them—because he respected them. And, in return, they respected each other.

Lock a man in prison, and you might stop him from committing crimes. Teach a man to respect himself and his community, and you stopped everyone he might have taught, recruited, or bullied.

To Szeth's people, a dying request was sacred.

You command respect by being who you are." My face got warm. "I don't feel like that," I said. "Yeah," Rig said. "I guess none of us really believe the good things about ourselves, do we?

You can't just say 'don't be offended' and then say something offensive, man! That's not how it works.

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him.

He didn't like it when people used the word "stupid" for the way he was. People called one another stupid when they made mistakes. Dabbid wasn't a mistake. He could make mistakes. Then he was stupid. But not always. He couldn't think fast like others. But that made him different, not stupid. Stupid was a choice.

That was one attribute in a man that Zane respected above all others. Especially since he had trouble displaying it himself.

At that moment, she remembered something. Something Sazed had said. You must love him enough to trust his wishes, he had told her. It isn't love unless you learn to respect him—not what you assume is best, but what he actually wants….

How remarkable," he said. "If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you. There's poetry in that, don't you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?

How remarkable," [Wit] said. "If you spend your life knocking people down, you eventually find they won't stand up for you. There's poetry in that, don't you think, you storming personification of a cancerous anal discharge?

In fact, you shouldn't enjoy art. You should simply admit that it exists, then move on. Anything else is patronizing.

He turned his mount and clopped up onto the bridge, then nodded his thanks to the bridgemen. They were the lowest in the army, and yet the bore the weight of kings.

You want to get a palaquin?" Lopen asked. "Those are for women." "Ain't nothing wrong with being a woman, gancho," Lopen said. "Some of my relatives are women.

At least sit and listen. And stop looming like a mountain.

Fun tip: Being told 'I kept you in the dark to protect you' is not only frustrating, but condescending as well. It's a truly economical way to demean someone; if you're looking to fit more denigration into an already busy schedule, give it a try.

The sea was so open, so welcoming. Pay her a little respect, and she would carry you anywhere you wished to go. She'd even feed you along the way and lull you to sleep with her songs at night.

It wouldn't be polite for me to interrupt," Notum said. "Please continue your insane rant.

It was just that…well, she had trouble explaining it, even to herself. Ham's innocent gesture made her want to squirm. It seemed to her that people shouldn't be so casual with the way that they touched others.

Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them.

I will remember those who have been forgotten.

I will listen to those who have been ignored.

Until you know it ain't true, treat every woman like she has an older brother what is stronger than you are?

The value in something relates to how it is treated