Quotes About Respect

There is not a man in the world who is worth your dignity. Do not confuse self-sacrifice with love.

With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.

As to behavior, the leader must be respectable. A well-ordered life is the fruit of a well-ordered mind. The life of the leader should reflect the beauty and orderliness of God.

Never laugh at live dragons.

Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home.

There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward all sentient beings, respectful to seniors and kind to juniors, not excluding or desiring anything, with no designing thoughts or worries, you will be called a buddha. Do not seek anything else.

We elevate the status of others with compliments, flattery, ingratiating comments, public roasts, awards, and outright praise and adoration. People around the world systematically use the tactics of politeness—hesitations, indirectness, apologies, formalities—when speaking with higher-status individuals. These subtle shifts in phrasing, syntax, and delivery convey the respect that the speaker feels toward the recipient.

If you wish to live in harmony, you must respect every person and, in non-essential matters, yield!

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of of others.

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

There are some among the so-called elite who are overbearing and arrogant. I want to foster leaders, not elitists.

It is impossible to build one's happiness on the unhappiness of others.

You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.

there is nothing wrong in talking quietly; it only makes people listen harder.

I don't share your views, Mom. That doesn't mean I don't love you, or respect your choices or advice. It just means we disagree,

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Love is the absence of judgment.

In short, our journalists do not realise that the human race has any respect for coherency of mind. It is not strange that their world has also lost all respect for that other sort of coherency which was called integrity.

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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.