Quotes About Respect

6. You Can Sometimes Fool the Fans, But You Can Never Fool the Players.

After witnessing a young Indian man throwing a popped grain of some sort at a caged, humiliated mountain lion) That was it. I grabbed his throat and sank my thumb and middle finger into the joint behind his Adam's apple. I did not want to kill him, though, not even hurt him. I just wanted to terrify him so badly that he would never, ever, ever, ever again even presume to think of throwing something at that lion.

If I have one pride in my calling, it is that I have never judged a patron wrongly - and I have never failed to recognize a patron upon meeting.

The wise man, the dragon rumbled, does not play games with dragons.

Men will heed words spoken from one in a position of authority that they disdain from other sources.

Though he was her enemy, he treated her with unfailing courtesy.

only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.

Suffice it to say that we only answer questions when the person asking has a lot of silver on the epaulettes, or around the peak of his cap.

I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want to be treated. God sees this, God knows.

I would think you an utter fool if you did not doubt me, warrior. Instead, I am forced to respect your uncommon intelligence. Now what, do you suppose, should I do from there?

When nothing is revered, irreverence ceases to indicate critical thought.

I'm in favor or tradition. I'm respectful of and a lover of the tradition. There's no deconstruction without the memory of the tradition.

beware, white man, of the friendly forest, of the painted desert, beware of the singing water lest you find your mother and she pounce and devour you

When you are tempted to tell someone what to do, instead ask the question, "What do you think you should do now?" Or in an organizational setting, "What do you think we should do?" This is the only quick tip I have, but believe me, it can work magic. Remember, when tempted to tell, ask instead.

No one, he believed, should abuse the faith by slandering others for their beliefs.

I do wish you'd break the careless habit of using the word American as if you had stolen it from the rest of us. Use norteamericano, because we Cubans and Mexicans and Uruguayans, we're also Americans.

When you say yes to something you don't want to do, here is the result: you hate what you are doing, you resent the person who asked you, and you hurt yourself.

When the groundwork is done, when we ask for help, when we surround ourselves with those who will respect our time to speak up and hear what we need to share, we are let in on a huge and powerful secret: we reach God much more easily through other people's ears.

This applies not just to customers but everyone in your life. Everyone. If someone no longer has your best interest at heart, then in your own self-interest you need to back off. Now.

I hate having sex with people I don't love

You are entitled to say NO to wearing a mask in order to get people to like you. You can trust that the way you are is fine, that your honesty is what attracts others to you, and that your truth is what lights your internal fire.

people perceive you as stupid when you do this. Just keep quiet when someone is talking.

stand straight and act like someone who deserves to be listened to).

What happens when you stop gossiping? You have more time (gossiping consumes a lot of time). You have more friends. You have no risk of insulting the people who you otherwise would have insulted. And you gradually move ahead in the ranks of everyone who succumbed the shortcomings of gossip.