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Quotes About Respect

You don't speak unless you are spoken to and your body speaks to the space you fill and you keep trying to fill it except the space belongs to the body of the man next to you, not to you.
~ Claudia Rankine
Our silence, our refusal of discomfort, our willful blindness, the shut-down feeling that refuses engagement, the rage that cancels complexity of response are also strategies. So is the need for answers and new strategies. The call for a strategy is a strategy, and I both respect and understand the necessity of that call.
~ Claudia Rankine
For King, the essence of democracy is the belief that each person is created in the image of God. "We will know one day that God made us to live together as brothers and to respect the dignity and worth of every man," he affirms.
~ Unknown
IF YOU WOULD HAVE A MAN STAY AS HE IS, THEN TREAT HIM AS HE IS. IF YOU WOULD HAVE A MAN CHANGE, THEN TREAT HIM AS THE PERSON YOU WOULD WANT HIM TO BECOME.
~ Clifford Irving
The one thing the English can't stand is someone getting above themselves.
~ Clifford Thurlow
On the security circuit in the Middle East, reputation is everything. If you don't know someone, they're probably not worth knowing.
~ Clifford Thurlow
Seniors are the most courageous people of all ages. They deserve the highest respect without asking for it.
~ Unknown
There is no shame in asking when honesty and sincerity is not questioned.
~ Unknown
Friends are not like physical goods which are for sale. You don't have to beg for people to like you.
~ Unknown
Many people want to talk at the same time when no one listens. When one talks, everybody leaves.
~ Unknown
Respect is like a religion. It is more than just a lifestyle. You may live with it, or die without it.
~ Unknown
There are no losers in the world of honorable men.
~ Unknown
Anything that belongs to anyone can be precious. The only thing that will not matter is when everything is undervalued.
~ Unknown
Conceding in an act of respect. To respect and to be respected is an honor.
~ Unknown
Conceding is an act of respect. To respect and to be respected is an honor.
~ Unknown
Learn how to bow. It is an old gesture of respect, honor and pride.
~ Unknown
My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.
~ Unknown
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
~ Clint Eastwood
Highway: Just because we're holding hands doesn't mean we'll be taking warm showers together until the wee hours of the morning." Sgt Gunnery Highway to Stitch Jones in Heartbreak Ridge
~ Clint Eastwood
Shut your fucking face.
~ Clint Eastwood
para mim, o amor por uma pessoa é o respeito pelos mesmos sentimentos individuais - o respeito à privacidade e a aceitação dos defeitos.
~ Clint Eastwood
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.
~ Clint Eastwood
Listen, punk. To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dogshit. It can be scraped up with a shovel off the ground. It can dry up and blow away in the wind. Or it can be stepped on and squashed. So take my advice and be careful where the dog shits ya!
~ Clint Eastwood
These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of. They go on and on with all this bullshit about 'sanctity' — don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.
~ Clint Eastwood