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Quotes About Respect

Once a gentleman, always a gentleman.
~ Charles Dickens
Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
Fear that man who fears not God.
~ AbdelKader
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
~ Margaret Thatcher
We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.
~ Pearl S. Buck
To them that ask, where have you seen the Gods, or how do you know for certain there are Gods, that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.
~ Marcus Aurelius
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
~ Confucius
What thou thyself hatest, do to no man.
~ Apocrypha Tobit
Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you an' do it fust.
~ Edward N. Westcott
Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do to thee, do not do that to them.
~ Hillel HaBabli
As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
~ Bible
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
~ George Bernard Shaw
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
~ Bertrand Russell
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
~ Edgar Watson Howe
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
~ Harriet Woods
In some remote regions of Islam it is said, a woman caught unveiled by a stranger will raise her skirt to cover her face.
~ Raymond Mortimer
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
~ Charles Davenport
The hoary beard is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness.
~ Anonymous
We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.
~ Mark Twain
Etiquette-a fancy word for simple kindness.
~ Elsa Maxwell
I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.
~ Geraldine Ferraro
You know, we're all going in the same direction, or at least trying to. So we need to live together, get along together, and give each other enough space to be comfortable on that road.
~ Lillian Gideon
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.
~ Abigail Van Buren
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
~ Mary Pettibone Poole