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Quotes About Respect

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
~ Zinedine Zidane
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
~ Mark Twain
We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.
~ King Hussein I
A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.
~ Chanakya
We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.
~ Y. C. James Yen
What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
~ Molly Ivins
If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.
~ Chilon of Sparta
I have to make decisions that people are a little confused about, in a way, and I just express the appreciation, admiration and respect I have. I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.
~ Selena Gomez
Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.
~ Brian Tracy
We have Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, and their own path to grace is one that we have to revere and respect as much as our own
~ Barack Obama
The West should be even more vocal in insisting that the Russians respect human rights.
~ Vladimir Sorokin
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
~ Confucius
To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats
~ Hideki Tojo
It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.
~ Max Lucado
Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.
~ Deborah Tannen
Respect is more than giving consideration of one's feelings. It is showing common courtesy for another human being.
~ Tom Baker
I don't want the attention. I want the respect.
~ Iman Shumpert
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.
~ Cheng Fei
At home we ate fish every Friday, as Catholics were then supposed to do. Being Jewish, I compromised. I wore a hat when I ate fish, out of respect for my own religion and the fish's family.
~ George Burns
I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
~ R. Lee Ermey
The sacred demands the violation of what is normally the object of terrified respect.
~ Georges Bataille
I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.
~ Jim Carrey
This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other.
~ Tracee Ellis Ross