Quotes About Respect

I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world.

The world would be a rather better place if we looked only for God in one another. -- Harry Cavendish

She deserves to be left in peace, not displayed like a fairground attraction for people with half a shilling to gawp at.

I stared down into the opengrave and wished that I could summon a tear. Violent weeping would have been in exceedingly poor taste, but Miss Nell Harbottle had been my guardian for the whole of my life, and a tear of two would have been a nice gesture of respect

There are few greater pleasures in life than a devoted butler.

We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.

A lady I will be, but a man's accessory, his handbag, no thank you. I will not be someone's ornament. I will not just be someone's honey, baby, sweetheart.

The most true-love words are not the ones that grasp and hold and bind you, twisting you both up together in some black dance. No, they are ones that leave you free to stand alone on your own solid ground, leave him to do the same, a tender space between you.

Love is ease, love is comfort, love is support and respect. Love is not punishing or controlling. Love lets you grow and breathe. Love's passion is only good passion -- swirling-leaves-on-a-fall-day passion, a-sky-full-of-magnificent-stars passion -- not angst and anxiety. Love is not hurt and harm. Love is never unsafe. Love is sleeping like puzzle pieces. It's your own garden you protect; it's a field of wildflowers you move about in both freely and together.

Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.

More than anything, I like just being there while he works, doing what he knows to do, in his own place.

Good guy. There was efficiency to male language. Those two words were what guys said about other guys that they really respected. Guys they could count on, that were solid, whose word you trusted...The language for the other kind of men-even more efficient. Cut down to a single word they deserved. Asshole.

I guess I was inching and crawling my way toward Elizabeth Bennett's words about unconditional love. That it was a dangerous thing without heavy doses of mutual respect.

It's amazing, the communal sharing. But the sexist religious stuff . . . Not a fan, Annabelle, not a fan. Male managed. The women walk behind the men. 'Working for each other is the highest command of love.' Working for each other, or for him, Mr. King Big Man walking ahead? Equality and respect are the highest command of love.

You gotta love an old-fashioned word like "quarrelsome." Today she'd just be a bitch.

Someone who is self assured celebrates the accomplishments of others.

Our audacity must be rooted in our humility.

Character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you in return.Integrity is how you act when you think nobody is looking.

To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life.

It's not important that we agree with each other, only that we understand each other.

Being fatigued and restless about challenging responsibilities could not lead you to a situation of yourself being highly respected about your dignity and accomplishments.

When all one person do is complain, people don't want to talk or listen to them.

Stop talking filthy things, It doesn't help anyone.

Our higher duty is to fear God.