Quotes About Respect

You are free to ask for and choose what you enjoy and what brings you pleasure, as long as those choices are beneficial and in line with God's Word, and you have listened respectfully to and considered prayerfully what others need (not to be mistaken with what others usually want). This applies at work, play, home, church, in the bedroom, etc.

Children begin to lose respect for the parent who is content with a "do what I say and not as I do" relationship to children.

Sexist leaders who do not respect the God-given gifts of women and who may even relate to them inappropriately have forsaken their ambassadorial calling.

Your children must learn early that they have been born into a world of authority, and they're not it.

It takes grace for me to acknowledge that there is a King and that he is not me.

If Christians, in other words, only talk and never listen, they're not very good Christians.

words must respect the Mystery and never idolatrously take its place.

In real interreligious dialogue, heart speaks to heart. Only so can persons from differing traditions really "hear" each other.

And yet, and yet, if my belief in Jesus as the only Son of God requires me, explicitly or implicitly, to denigrate or subordinate other religious figures and religions, then such a belief becomes a clot in the free and life-giving flow of my faith's circulatory system. I'm sorry. It just does.

Be stingy of nothing but the name of friend, and take care not to waste your insults.

One must love a cat on its own terms.

One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.

Think of some part of nature that you love - a particular forest, say. Do you expect the forest to love you back? Does it worry you that the forest cannot love you back? Does it make you love the forest any the less?

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.

Nemá smysl zlobit se na n?koho za to, že je sám sebou a stará se o vlastní zájmy.

Apologizing is a concrete action that deepens trust, respect and intimacy

People are human beings, not commercial transactions.

She reads Proust and he watches the Kardashians. Or worse, he wanted Clinton to win and she crows about Trump's victory. Yes, the second will be much harder to overcome than the first, but relational happiness can prevail

The key to working through these (relationship) differences is focusing on that which you love, and putting boundaries around that which you don't. You'll also need to avoid the temptation to demean and humiliate your mate for their beliefs. It will take practice and incredible self-regulation, but success in these areas will greatly enhance the quality of your relationship.

We gain self esteem by doing esteemable acts

If a producer was casting the role of an old-time radio newsman who could hear and identify with the heartbeat of Middle America, care a little about a lot of things, appreciate the value of hard work, marvel at the eccentricities of mankind, admire the scrappy, and respect the wealthy—

I used to hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on my office door, but people interpreted this as "His door is closed, but he wants me to know he's in there. I'll knock.") Be

It doesn't matter what you've got in your pants if there is nothing in your brain to connect it to.