Quotes About Respect

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

The superior man will not manifest either narrow-mindedness or the want of self-respect.

It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing.

To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

Never pretend to understand what you don't understand," Orion used to say, "and never let anybody tell you you should like something. You can educate your taste, but you can't change it. So trust it.

Power is anathema to intimacy, as it is to love, because when you have power, you have fear. So if you are trying to get closer to someone than you are right now, try recognizing their power rather than showing them yours.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

Be classy, if you must say anything at all. I think silence is very classy.

If you are an educated person, you will need to be careful not to assume that uneducated people are too stupid to understand the Bible.

Nunca fale a uma mulher do que ela podia ter sido, quando ela já não pode ser ninguém

On one occasion, someone asked a famous American musician, Ben Harper, this question: "We've heard you now have a new drummer in your band. Tell me something: is he black?" And Harper replied: "I don't know, I've never asked him.

Eu só falarei quando as coisas estiverem a dar ara o morto.

I am sick to death of you just saying your last words and taking off as if I haven't the right to end our conversations.

Honor is a thin cloak against the chill of a grave.

But you must still know to respect other people's faith.' 'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who believe they're Christ, yet we're supposed to humour those who believe in him.' 'By definition, faith is irrational: a belief you hold against the normal rules of evidence.' 'In which case I believe in Jedi

We treat others badly not because we don't understand how people should be treated but because we don't really consider them people.

When we ascend we have to give people what they deserve: dignity. What I understand by dignity is that man is an instrument for love

Ive always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in their own. To me, encountering an opposing point of view is a chance to gain a deeper understanding of the issues at stake... and develop my own point of view. But the first thing youve got to do is youve got to let people speak and youve got to listen. And thats what the first amendment is all about. Thats what really distinguishes this country from others.

We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.

If we have to get married and have a million babies, I hope our relationship will be built on mutual disgust and an endless barrage of ridicule and insults. It feels like the only thing I can count on right now. I don't want something dumb like respect and affection getting in the way.

Respect the Sword, Grimm.

you lose your temper in front of people you do not know, you lose their respect and it is almost impossible to win it back. You must keep control—if you cannot control yourself, then you have no chance of controlling others.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.