Quotes About Respect

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

Darf man einen Wolf zwingen, Gras zu fressen, wenn er keinen Appetit darauf hat?

Well, it's not so easy to give an answer when you ask a stupid question!

Großmütig darf man nur zu einem großmütigen Feind sein, ein kleinlicher Feind hält Großmut immer für Schwäche.

A la inmodestia de su objetivo, que se extravía tanto en lo ecológico como en lo antropológico (comprobable lo primero y filosóficamente mostrable lo segundo), el principio de responsabilidad contrapone una tarea más modesta, decretada por el temor y el respeto: preservar la permanente ambigüedad de la libertad del hombre, que ningún cambio de circunstancias puede jamás abolir, preservar la integridad de su mundo y de su esencia frente a los abusos

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.

To live with another within the compass of one heart: I must move to the side, must make myself small, so that the other has space and does not feel crowded.

As my orderly Erich Beck later wrote, "We admired our opponents for their national pride and commitment. They demanded our respect. We heard that a Polish cavalry regiment had mounted an attack against our tanks. They had been told that the German tanks were only wooden dummies.

On love I have no respect for anyone who says they've given up, or that they're not looking or that they're tired. That is to abrogate one's responsibility as a human being.

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid

Respect," he declared, "forms the basis of every negotiation with these powers. The respect which one power has for another, is in the exact proportion of the means which they respectively have of injuring each other with the least detriment to themselves.

He was curious, courteous, open - never arrogant or condescending - and generous to a fault. Abigail Adams later noted his "agreeable affability," "unassuming manner," and "polite attentions to all orders and ranks"...

Greatness recognizes greatness, and is shadowed by it.

From that visit I took away one lesson: Death is the price you pay for underestimating this tenacious enemy.

Do Yourself a Favor—Love Yourself as You Are

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

My list of the worst offenses against God would begin with hurting another person, cheating another person, shaming another person.

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

look at me, now. Don't I sit before you, e very way, just as much a man as you are? Look at my face—look at my hands—look at my body," and the young man dr ew himself up proudly. "Why am I not a man, as much as anybody?

It is the last triumph of affection and magnanimity, when a loving heart can respect that suffering silence of its beloved, and allow that lonely liberty in which only some natures can find comfort.