Quotes About Respect

Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic.

We are not at war with the Afghani people, and we are not at war with Islam, which most Americans respect as a religion of peace.

I don't like ten dollar words. Anybody can do anything with a thesaurus. Make me feel a certain way with the least amount of words possible and I respect that.

Humiliation, slavery, fear have perverted us to the bone; we no longer look like men... . Men must be granted the respect due to them.

It does feel really good to sing songs about somebody that I really respect, admire, love, care about and am so passionately attracted to after all this time.

I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.

My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.

In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

[As a conductor] there has to be, between me and the orchestra, an unshakable bond of trust, born out of mutual respect, through which we can spin a musical narrative that we all believe in.

Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

Even though I respect many different religions, I don't really particularly just follow one.

You have to gain respect from your teammates. You have to earn it.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.

For them that must obey authority/That they do not respect in any degree/Who despise their jobs, their destinies/Speak jealously of them that are free

I don't like to trash talk... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect.

Farewell Australia! You ... are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret.

disrespectful words cannot entirely be eaten, ever. Respect is a kind of Humpty Dumpty. All the king's horses can't put it all the way up again.

I get much more respect, as befits my age. And I have nothing to complain about.

The most important phase of living with a person: the respect for that person as an individual.

I've grown up and understood how I'm supposed to conduct myself and I respect people as I go along the way.

The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world works than most of the players out there.