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Quotes About Respect

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.
~ Julie Garwood
Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation.
~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.
~ Clarence Day
I was kind of a little disappointed when they started building a competition between Marty (Martin Scorsese) and me. I have the greatest respect for him and all the films he's done over the years.
~ Clint Eastwood
When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to live up to your own standards.
~ Colin Meloy
Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.
~ Dalai Lama
I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.
~ Dalai Lama
The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.
~ Dalai Lama
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you'd best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
~ Nalo Hopkinson, Sister Mine
When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother, I'm gonna run away from home. She said, On your mark.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there are too many maleducated morons running around with them to impress anyone.
~ Theodore Beale
A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.
~ John H. McWhorter
I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the best of my ability.
~ Heinz Fischer
I have so much respect for people that are my elders. You aren't going to hear me cursing around people that are 60 and 70 years old.
~ Ray Lewis
To wait, to patiently sit in the dark without knowing what the outcome will be, to protect and respect that which has yet no clear form - all these are aspects of the womb.
~ Jalaja Bonheim
Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.
~ Plutarch
I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today's world.
~ Russell Crowe
I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.
~ Joaquin Phoenix
When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.
~ Raine Maida
People have a right to their own lives, and if you can't help somebody, you ought to get out of their way.
~ Kate Millett
I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.
~ Richard Dawkins
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte