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Quotes About Respect

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
~ Confucius
If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others
~ Confucius
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
~ Confucius
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
~ Confucius
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
~ Confucius
Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.
~ Confucius
Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?" The Master said, "Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
~ Confucius
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.
~ Confucius
Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance
~ Confucius
When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace.
~ Confucius
Not to talk with people although they can be talked with is to waste people. To talk with people although they can't be talked with is to waste words. A man of understanding does not waste people, but he also does not waste words.
~ Confucius
Clever talk, ingratiating looks, fawning reverence: Tso-ch'iu Ming found that shameful, and so do I. Friendly while harboring resentment: Tso-ch'iu Ming found that shameful, too, and so do I.
~ Confucius
Si vos parents tombent dans une faute, avertissez-les avec grande douceur. Si vous les voyez déterminés à ne pas suivre vos avis, redoublez vos témoignages de respect, sans vous opposer. Quand même ils vous maltraiteraient, n'en ayez aucun ressentiment. 
~ Confucius
The gentleman is dignified but not arrogant. The small man is arrogant but not digified
~ Confucius
When you make a promise consistent with what is right, you can keep your word. When you show respect consistent with good taste, you keep shame and disgrace at a distance. When he in whom you confide is one who does not fail his friends, you may trust him fully.
~ Confucius
What you don´t want done to yourself, do not do to others.
~ Confucius
?????? 'while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them
~ Confucius
Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.
~ Confucius
Do not worry people not knowing you but strive so that you may worth knowing
~ Confucius
When you see a person of worth, concentrate upon becoming their equal.
~ Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
~ Confucius
The Master said, "If a man of position [junzi] does not have integrity, he will not inspire awe.
~ Confucius
The Jitong chapter of the Book of Rites says, "There are three ways of caring for one's parents: when they are alive, look after them; when they are deceased, tend to the death rites; when the death rites have been completed, offer them sacrifice.
~ Confucius
To give comfort to the old, to have the trust of my friends, and to have the young seeking to be near me
~ Confucius