Quotes About Respect

I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.

Mufti sahab, apart from being my father, was one of the tallest leaders of the state and the country.

Someone with a nice tan needs to say this: All lives matter.

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

A Christian's speech should bless, not berate or abuse. The tongue betrays the world that is in one's heart; it is a microcosm of the inner self.

Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary.

Thanks for treating me like, you know, a person through all this shit. I know that isn't always easy. (Stark) You do have a habit of pissing on other people's welcome mats. But, when a gentleman gives you a booty call to a massacre, it's easy to forgive. Ciao. (Candy)

No need to kill everyone. They know not to let their Chihuahuas piss on my lawn.

I generally hate to like bosses, but I like him.

Christopher Morley extolled philosophical laziness … the kind of laziness that is based upon a carefully reasoned analysis of experience. Acquired laziness. We have no respect for those who were born lazy. It is like being born a millionaire – they cannot appreciate their bliss. It is the man who has hammered his laziness out of the stubborn material of life for whom we chant praise.7

The priest should treat those whom he rules as a father treats very young children. We are not disturbed by children's insults or blows or tears; nor do we think much of their laughter and approval.

A man will will never know a woman until he knows her work.

Everything made by men will be destroyed by nature in the end. Mountains and river, the creations of nature -- they will remain. Everything human, that will go. We nee to reconsider the respect we give to nature.

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

The pre-Sixties reformist Left, insofar as it concerned itself with oppressed minorities, did so by proclaiming that all of us –– black, white, and brown –– are Americans, and that we should respect one another as such.

Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego.

There was a time when the elder generation was cherished because it represented the past; now it is avoided and thrust out of sight for the same reason.

Age was authority in the sixteenth century, and More's deep reverence for his father showed a general habit of mind that offered a way of managing uncertainty. If the authority of experience can be trusted, there may be in respect for age a way of fending off questions that might otherwise overwhelm.

Get a good night's sleep and don't bug anybody without asking me. (To re-election campaign manager Clark MacGregor)

Learning to treat people with respect, and learning give them the benefit of the doubt, is one of the core skills that turn a smart architect into an effective one.