Quotes About Respect

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conventions must not be permitted to blaspheme it.

It does not matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you do not do it in the street and frighten the horses.

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.

Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on cake, sweet, but not nourishing.

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

A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery.

A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver.

Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.

Praise the wise man behind his back, but a woman to her face.

That which comes into the world to disturb nothing deserves neither respect nor patience.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Your luck is how you treat people.