Quotes About Respect

COHABITATION is really an insult to your beloved: "I'm not totally sure about you. Can I give you a test-drive first, so I can be sure?

However, because death is the only absolute equality among human beings on earth, even the ignoblest and the most welcome instance of it deserves a little ceremonious thought.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

I can sometimes deal with men as equals and therefore can afford to like them.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men can do." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.

If I could, I would leave an open space for your story on every page.

Women have to learn how to talk as much as we listen. Men have to learn how to listen as much as they talk.

Power is being redefined. Women often explain with care that we mean power to control our lives, but not to dominate others.

This is all the more important today when we have world leaders who don't respect differences. That lack of respect is a dictatorship.

All I knew was that my father enjoyed my company, asked my opinion, and treated me better than he treated himself. What more could any child want?

What we didn't talk about were the male staffers who rated our looks, brushed against us in close quarters, and became hazards to be navigated. Our presence was the problem; their behavior was inevitable. Avoiding them while keeping their egos intact was just part of our job.

wisdom they taught me: If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them. If you hope people will change how they live, you have to know how they live. If you want people to see you, you have to sit down with them eye-to-eye.

If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them.

for the less powerful to speak as much as they listen, and for the more powerful to listen as much as they speak.

I soon learned there was a very Indian habit of asking personal questions. It

Women are always saying, 'We can do anything that men can do.' But men should be saying, 'We can do anything that women can do.

impressed.  The King had wed her to no worthless adventurer

The truth is always the best approach when saying no. Keep it simple. People don't need to hear your sob story. A five-minute exposition about your busy life, your demanding mother, or your clinging children isn't the most effective approach. That may be the truth, but you've given too much information, and your listener tuned out four minutes ago.

Don't fight the weak if you can't fight God.

I aim not at getting honour but at contributing towards making society and its people worthy of honour.

Make them honour you, fight you or tremble.

Don Corleone Someday - and that day may never come - I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as gift on my daughter's wedding day.

Don Corleone What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully If you'd come to me in friendship, then this scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day. And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies, then they would become my enemies. And then they would fear you.