Quotes About Respect

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

No man will be respected by others who is despised by his own relatives.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his estimation, and yours too.

Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.

Tis no shame to follow the better precedent.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness, than disbelief in great men.

If you would wish another to keep your secret, first keep it yourself.

Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich; for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

In my business, you measure your respect by the enemies you make.

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me.... I think I'm kind of cool.

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity. People who do not experience self-love have little or no capacity to love others.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.

Don't give advice unless you're asked.

There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.

When one clings to the myth of superiority, one must constantly overlook the virtues and abilities of others.

Leaders can be moral-and they should be moral-without imposing their morality on others.

Minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well-being of others.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.

Being bored is an insult to oneself.

Sex, unlike justice, should not be seen to be done.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.