Quotes About Respect

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Speak up TODAY and say something positive. Even a tombstone will say something good about people when they are dead.

Decide that People Are Worth the Effort:

If you want to get ahead, leading up is much better than kissing up." —DAN REILAND

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Trust men and they will be true to you: treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

ASK NO MORE OF OTHERS THAN YOU ARE ASKING OF YOURSELF.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

If you're in the habit of listening only to the facts and not the person who expresses them, change your focus - and really listen.

The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, "How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?" "Five," the man answered. "No," replied Lincoln, "he'll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.

La influencia debe ser algo que se gana.

Las personas podrán honrarte por lo que hiciste ayer, pero te respetan por lo que haces ahora. Valoro el ayer, pero vivo hoy.

Cuando uno hace que las personas se sientan seguras, importantes y apreciadas, no necesitan menospreciar a los demás para aparentar que ellas son mejores».

when the real leader speaks, people listen. Leadership is influence-nothing more, nothing less.

Los cerebros son como los corazones, van donde se les aprecia».

Coach John Wooden would not have asked, "Why is it so difficult to realize that others are more likely to listen to us if first we listen to them?

YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS OFTEN DETERMINES THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD YOU

One of the quickest ways to gain credibility with an individual, a group, or an audience is to borrow it from someone who already has credibility with them.

if you want people to act right toward you, you act right toward them. And many times you'll change them.

Treat them as if they are important; they will respond according to the way that you perceive them.

when you want to convert someone to your view, you go over to where he is standing, take him by the hand (mentally speaking), and guide him. You don't stand across the room and shout at him; you don't call him a dummy; you don't order him to come over to where you are. You start where he is, and work from that position. That's the only way to get him to budge.

Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

Relationships are the foundation of leadership.

William James said, "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.