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Quotes About Respect

You know, Barack Obama is a man of great dignity. And I could tell how much it bothered him and annoyed him that this [birther lie] was being touted and used against him.
~ Hillary Clinton
Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.
~ Hugh Nibley
My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.
~ Indira Gandhi
In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.
~ J. G. Holland
One of the principal occupations of man is to divine woman.
~ Jacques de Lacretelle
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.
~ Jacques Maritain
I am never disappointed in Jobe Watson ... (who) is a man of the highest integrity, highest character and a great person for our footy club ... I have no concern for Jobe.
~ James Hird
The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
~ James Russell Lowell
Beware of men who use words that relate pejoratively to females when describing the 'other side.
~ Jane Fonda
I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me
~ Jay-Z
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only who are estimable.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Man and wife are equally concerned, to avoid all offence of each other, in the beginning of their conversation. Every little thing can blast an infant blossom.
~ Jeremy Taylor
All you have to do is take a man at face value. Don't go into it thinking you can change them. Men aren't fixer-uppers, not like a house or a car. You buy them as is.
~ Jill Shalvis
I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn.
~ Jimmy Carter
Thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Weiner's family. A great leader and man. Going to be missed.
~ Joba Chamberlain
That's a huge part foul man; that's just not cool.
~ Joe Teti
The little man is still a man.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl. [Ger., Denn ein wackerer Mann verdient ein begutertes Madchen.]
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.
~ John Boyle O'Reilly
Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.
~ John Dryden
She walks lightly, old man. She walks lightly upon the earth.
~ John Green