Quotes About Respect

we need to mark the difference between what another may offer, threaten, or refuse while respecting my liberty and what offers, threats, and refusals violate it. It is the line between my rights and the rights of another. Marking that line is liberty's most difficult intellectual task.

The bottom line of my business philosophy can best be summed up as follows: Good profit can only result from creating value for the customer. It is the manifestation of the entrepreneur's respect for what the customer values.

Only a cad as low as a thief Would write in a book or turn down a leaf, Since 'tis thievery, as well is known, To make free with that which is not our own.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Your body is a temple, not a drive-thru.

Treat people as you would like to be treated. Karma's only a [b!#@%] if you are.

Sometimes people will hear you better if you speak with a voice of compassion instead of authority. They long to be understood more than to be lectured.

A hand that's dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor.

What used to be offensive is now acceptable, and what used to be acceptable is now offensive... That's the danger of an overemphasis on political correctness. Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

What constitutes a life well spent, anyway? Love and admiration from your fellow men is all that any one can ask.

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.

Without respect, love cannot go far or rise high: it is an angel with but one wing.

Perhaps for some, rudeness is the fear of being nice.

Good manners and graciousness pave the way for future favors. Bad manners crumble the road.

Nature befriends those who befriend her.

Don't needle the seamstress.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

Peace is the father of friendship.

Jokes about menstrual cycles are not funny. Period.

Racism & Gender Discrimination. — One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Merry Christmas v. Happy Holidays... Why be exclusive when you can be inclusive?