Quotes About Respect

Do not answer with the answer of silence! Do not attack one who does not attack you.

When you walk behind officials, Follow at a proper distance. When you enter a man's house. And he's busy with someone before you, Sit with your hand over your mouth. Do not ask him for anything, Only do as he tells you, Beware of rushing to the table Be weighty and very dignified, Do not speak of secret things, Who hides his thought shields himself. Do not say things recklessly, When you sit with one who's hostile.

If you leave the schoolhouse when midday is called and go roaming in the streets, all will scold you in the end. When an official sends you with a message, Tell it as he told it, Don't omit, don't add to it. He who neglects to praise, his name will not endure ; he who is skilled in all his conduct, from him nothing is hidden, he is not 'opposed anywhere.

Do not tell lies against your mother, the magistrates abhor it. The descendant who does what is good. His actions all emulate the past. Do not consort with a rowdy. It harms you when one hears of it. If you have eaten three loaves, drunk two jugs of beer, and the belly is not sated, restrain it! When another eats, don't stand there, beware of rushing to the table!

Strengthen your borders, your frontier patrols; It is good to work for the future. One respects the life of the foresighted, While he who trusts fails. Make people come [to you] through your good nature, A wretch is who desires the land [of his neighbor], A fool is who covets what others possess. Life on earth passes, it is not long, Happy is he who is remembered

Lo, all maidservants are rude in their speech, When the mistress speaks it irks the servants.

When I was a schoolboy,' he said, more calmly, 'we had a prayer about being careful not to mistake bluntness for frankness, and obstinacy, I think it was, for constancy. You know, Percy, I have always respected your principles, but you must face the fact that we all have to make compromises in this life if we are to live amicably together. All I am doing is to show you how willing we are to settle things for the best. Even hares and hounds have to shake down in the same world.

She had a hit for every syllable: 'Don't. You. Ever. Talk. To. Me. Like. That. Ever. Again.' That was the last time I ever talked back to Mom.

Thanks, Ms. Liberty! Is that a sari you're wearing? I hope not.

Modest women have rights too, Coach,' I can't help adding.

Feminism" means taking for granted that woman and man are meant to complement each other while sharing equal dignity, equal rights, and equal humanity—nothing more and nothing less.

Be worthy of the master's grace. Be kind to dogs.

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.

A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It's not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally.

We create our work for children not because they're "cute," but because they're human beings, deserving of respect.

The young must not scoff at the old, for flowers don't bloom forever

WITH THIS BOOK I respectfully invoke the heroic, aggrieved souls wandering in the boundless bright-red sorghum fields of my hometown. As your unfilial son, I am prepared to carve out my heart, marinate it in soy sauce, have it minced and placed in three bowls, and lay it out as an offering in a field of sorghum. Partake of it in good health!

Mio padre pensò che tutti gli uomini, nell'attimo prima di morire, meritano rispetto.

Tirati su, le ginocchia di un uomo sono preziose, non bisogna piegarle davanti a nessuno!

Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.

The ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

Respecte la terre, et elle te respectera. Travaille-la, elle te le rendra au centuple.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.