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Quotes About Respect

To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us.
~ Michel de Montaigne
I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.
~ Mike Tyson
I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes causes confusion. You must value your tradition and honor your own religion.
~ Dalai Lama XIV
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.
~ Roger Ebert
The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
I wasn't raised with a specific religion. I wasn't raised to judge people in any way.
~ Kristin Kreuk
There is a world of practical religion in simply being considerate of others.
~ Roger Babson
Every religion has its dignity ... in freedom of expression there are limits.
~ Pope Francis
We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
~ Feisal Abdul Rauf
One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.
~ Pope Francis
The religion is a formality. What matters is you show respect to God and your faith in God.
~ Sean Stone
Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
~ Jim C. Hines
We cannot hope for a society in which formal organized religion dies out. But we can stop behaving as if it was worthy of our collective respect.
~ A. N. Wilson
All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.
~ Roger Ebert, Life Itself
I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.
~ Binyavanga Wainaina
Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I great difficulty having any respect for a religion that has so little confidence in the truth of its beliefs that it feels reduced to using threats in order to propagate those beliefs.
~ Richard Dawkins
Religion is a major player in the poaching crisis. We've ignored it, we've accorded religion too much respect in this regard, and we've placed devotion above slaughter.
~ Brent Stirton
A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
~ Tertullian
A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.
~ Samuel Richardson
Religion is sort of like a lift in your shoes. If it makes you feel better, fine. Just don't ask me to wear your shoes.
~ George Carlin