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Quotes About Respect

Walk into a library anywhere in the world and you'll notice the same thing: It's quiet and calm. Everyone knows how to behave in a library. In fact, few things transcend cultures like library behavior. It's a place where people go to read, think, study, focus, and work. And the hushed, respectful environment reflects that. Isn't that what an office should be?
~ Jason Fried
If the only way you can inspire the troops is by a regimen of exhaustion, it's time to look for some deeper substance. Because what trickles down is less likely to be admiration but dread and fear instead. A leader who sets an example of self-sacrifice can't help but ask self-sacrifice of others.
~ Jason Fried
Everyone wants to be heard and respected. It usually doesn't cost much to do, either. And it doesn't really matter all that much whether you ultimately think you're right and they're wrong. Arguing with heated feelings will just increase the burn.
~ Jason Fried
great work ethic isn't about working whenever you're called upon. It's about doing what you say you're going to do, putting in a fair day's work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person that others can count on and enjoy working with.
~ Jason Fried
The bottom line is that you shouldn't hire people you don't trust, or work for bosses who don't trust you. If you're not trusted to work remotely, why are you trusted to do anything at all? If you're held in such low regard, why are you able to talk to customers, write copy for an ad, design the next product, assess insurance claims, or do tax returns?
~ Jason Fried
Taking someone's time should be a pain in the ass. Taking many people's time should be so cumbersome that most people won't even bother to try it unless it's REALLY IMPORTANT! Meetings should be a last resort, especially big ones.
~ Jason Fried
When someone takes your time, it doesn't cost them anything, but it costs you everything.
~ Jason Fried
So take a step toward calm, and relieve people from needing to broadcast their whereabouts and status. Everyone's status should be implicit: I'm trying to do my job, please respect my time and attention.
~ Jason Fried
A great work ethic isn't about working whenever you're called upon. It's about doing what you say you're going to do, putting in a fair day's work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person
~ Jason Fried
When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees.
~ Jason Fried
Rockstar environments develop out of trust, autonomy, and responsibility. They're a result of giving people the privacy, workspace, and tools they deserve. Great environments show respect for the people who do the work and how they do it.
~ Jason Fried
People will respect you more if you are open, honest, public, and responsive during a crisis. Don't hide behind spin or try to keep your bad news on the down low. You want your customers to be as informed as possible.
~ Jason Fried
Instead of thinking I can pay people from Kansas less than people from New York, you should think I can get amazing people from Kansas and make them feel valued and well
~ Jason Fried
Snoke had shepherded the First Order through its years in the galactic wilds, transforming a band of Imperial refugees into a weapon forged to reclaim the galaxy. As such, he would always be remembered. But Hux knew the future would need a different kind of leader—one able to direct the galaxy's industries and nurture their innovations, while commanding its citizens' respect. Snoke wasn't that leader. And neither was Ren.
~ Jason Fry
Doing what you say, leading by example, showing consistency and fairness—these actions all build trust between managers and their teams over the long term.
~ Jason Jennings
know about me via legal means. But you cannot demand that I provide you with it. And if you press,
~ Jason Pinter
I know a few Negroes I respect and admire, for they got what they wanted by working for it." But most blacks were not quite so good, Ledford asserted. "I've lost my respect for them, except the few I told you about because they want to force themselves on us…. Why doesn't the Negro leave us alone and mind his own business and quit thinking he's too good for our laws." The laws Ledford referred to were the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
~ Jason Sokol
My body wasn't something to be starved or cut or filled with booze until I blacked out; it was something to be taken care of.
~ Jason Wilson
I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
~ Javier Bardem
Hay hombres que se aprovechan de las mujeres tímidas, o de las muy jóvenes, o de las educadas, de las que tienen horror al enfrentamiento. Incluso a dar una negativa clara. Las hay, aunque no te lo creas. Que al final se dejan mucho, sólo por no hacer un feo o no montar una escena.
~ Javier Marías
se ahonda en la anomalía, en lo repugnante y mezquino como si nuestra norma fuese la del respeto y la generosidad y la rectitud y hubiese que analizar microscópicamente cuanto se sale de ella: como si la mala fe y la tradición, la malquerencia y la voluntad de daño no formaran parte de esa norma y fueran cosas excepcionales, y merecieran por ello todos nuestros desvelos y nuestra máxima atención. Y no es así.
~ Javier Marías
Because when we set out to try to change someone, we are more likely to argue with and attack their story and less likely to listen. This approach increases the likelihood that they will feel defensive rather than open to learning something new. They are more likely to change if they think we understand them and if they feel heard and respected. They are more likely to change if they feel free not to.
~ Douglas Stone
Persistence in a difficult conversation means remaining as stubbornly interested in hearing the other person's views as you are in asserting your own.
~ Douglas Stone
It's better to make your question an invitation rather than a demand, and to make that clear. The difference is that an invitation can be declined without penalty. This offers a greater sense of safety and, especially if the other person declines to respond and your reaction makes that okay, it builds trust between you.
~ Douglas Stone