Quotes About Respect

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.

effective parents expect their children to rise to life's challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that will be required for their behavior. These

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!

That's the trouble with thoughtlessness; it never remembers other people.

Thornton W. Burgess

I think we're all bad judges of what goes on in other people's minds about God, Mr. Smith. It's a bad thing to force a God on a man who doesn't want one. It's worse to stand in the way of a man who wants one badly.

the master of the house don't pinch decent, self-respecting girls when he meets them in a dark corridor. I mention no names and make no charges.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The docotr babu had to be an educated man also. Then why had he allowed Feroz seth to talk to him in that manner? Was education alone not enough? And if not what was the missing part? Was it because Feroz seth knew how to look angry even when he wasn't? Would her Amit be able to do that? Was that something they taught you in school

Ma wrong about one thing. When I was girl, she only talk about love in the marriage. [...] Nobody tell me what make real marriage--respect.

Westerners may wonder, "Who are these gods?" If we were to adapt this to our cultural context, the verse might be, "Homage to you adored by Jesus, Mary, Moses, Abraham, Mohammed, Zeus, Socrates, Plato, Rambo, Madonna, Freud, Dr. Laura, Clinton, Bush, and everyone in Star Wars.

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

Great is the glory of the woman who occasions the least talk among men, whether of praise or of blame.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. —WILLIAM JAMES (1842–1910)

Do not speak of the defects [of others]. This states that you should never speak of others' defects—neither their worldly defects, for instance by calling them "That blind person," [70] nor their spiritual defects, for instance by calling them "That morally degenerate person.

Whatever tasks befall you, do not engage in malicious jokes that tear at others' hearts or cause them to lose their composure. Regardless of their culpability, avoid insulting and speaking harshly to others—whether close or distant, good or bad.

Such veneration, however, is not accorded to the person himself because of his own greatness, but rather is accorded to the teaching that the teacher embodies and exemplifies.

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

How," she started, "do you explain this to people?" "I don't." "That simple, huh?" Eva was awed. "It's ours," he said simply. "Sacred.

I'm man enough to say I'm pussy-whipped," said Eric. "If she showed up here, snapped her fingers, and was like, 'E, it's time to go,' I'd ask no questions and dead-ass bounce, son. I am not ashamed.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

It's like training dogs. You want the dog to obey you, but you can't have real respect for a dog that always obeys you. You want a dog that occasionally goes over the wall or bites the postman without your permission; you want to be reminded that you command a subdued yet wild animal, not a crawler. A man should be strong enough to kill you with his bare hands.

No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned.

It was on those trips that I learned to respect and love the shortcomings of the city as one might respect and love a scar on the body of a loved one