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Quotes About Respect

When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.
~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures - have had a huge impact on me.
~ Stella McCartney
Treat everyone with love and respect because they are your brother or your sister.
~ Ryron Gracie
I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.
~ Stephen R. Donaldson
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
~ James Dobson
Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
~ Eric Stoltz
Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.
~ Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason
No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.
~ John Fogerty
I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.
~ Penelope Cruz
When I was a kid I got no respect. I played hide-and-seek. They wouldn't even look for me.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
We yield to none in our love, admiration and respect for the Buddha-the Dharma-the Sangha. They are all ours. Their glories are ours and ours their failures.
~ Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage.
~ Richard Proenneke
To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
~ Hans Selye
Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we've survived all we have and kept going anyway.
~ Victoria Moran
I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.
~ Ashin Wirathu
Respect depicts acceptance while disrespect is rejection.
~ Fawad Afzal Khan
A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy you.
~ Joseph Sobran
I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
~ Jackie Robinson
Jack Welch is someone who I have always admired. In India, Narayana Murthy is someone who I have great respect for.
~ Kumar Mangalam Birla
By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an investment in the community.
~ Paul Newman
For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.
~ Bernard-Henri Levy
You can always win points. Winning people's respect is a lot more important.
~ John Flanagan
Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.
~ Zachary Quinto