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Quotes About Respect

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Not allowing people to go through their pain, and protecting them from it, may turn out to be a kind of over-protection, which in turn implies a certain lack of respect for the integrity and the intrinsic nature and the future development of the individual.
~ Abraham Maslow
My father, for whose skills as a surgeon I have the deepest respect, says, "The operation with the best outcome is the one you decide not to do." Knowing when not to operate, knowing when I am in over my head, knowing when to call for the assistance of a surgeon of my father's caliber--that kind of talent, that kind of "brilliance," goes unheralded.
~ Abraham Verghese
How we treat the least of our brethren,... that's the measure of this country.
~ Abraham Verghese
Thou shall not operate on the day of a patient's death.
~ Abraham Verghese
One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.
~ Abraham Verghese
He alone amongst all the people she knows uses his two ears and one mouth in that exact proportion. She loves him in a way she
~ Abraham Verghese
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
~ Abu Bakar Bashir
Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God.
~ Abu Bakr
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
~ Abu Bakr
and said, "Yes, ma'am.
~ Ace Atkins
It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
~ Adam Arkin
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
~ Adam Clayton Jr. Powell
Meyer summarizes his code of honor as "(1) Show up, (2) Work hard. (3) Be kind. (4) Take the high road.
~ Adam Grant
Reinforce freedom of choice: sometimes people resist, not because they are dismissing the argument, but because they are rejecting the feeling of their behavior being controlled. It helps to respect their autonomy by reminding them that it's up to them to choose what they believe.
~ Adam Grant
Note that this does not mean women and daughters were unloved.
~ Adam Hamilton
God will not violate another's free will in response to my prayer.
~ Adam Hamilton
I have crushes on women all the time. I don't have intimate relationships with them, but I find women beautiful.
~ Adam Lambert
The customer isn't always right. Employees have rights, too.
~ Adam M. Brandenburger
Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance.
~ Adam Rich
When a girl turns down your advances, the polite thing to do is just move on.
~ Adam Selzer