Quotes About Respect

The seat I had taken was marked for the use of the elderly and handicapped, but had another claimant come, a figure like Charles, for instance, I would have been prepared to leave the train, when my stop came, with a lurching gait or limb held awry to designate my previously unguessed incapacity.

So what does that actually mean?" "To be honest, Ghastly, I haven't a bull's notion." "Elder Bespoke should be addressed by his title," Tipstaff said. "Of course," Skulduggery said. "To be honest, Your Highness, I haven't a bull's notion.

You just can't go around putting your hand through people's faces. It's rude for one thing. Deeply unsettling for another.

Well," Skulduggery said. "That was rude.

We can't build anything that will impress God because He has already created the entire universe. There is one thing, however, that does attract His favor: "On this one will I look [esteem or respect]." Whom will God respect and take into account? "Him who is poor and of a contrite spirit and who trembles at My word.

Now you know that your headmistress, Miss Davis, was going to come in here and just check that you were all going to be well behaved. She cant do that because, as many of you probably know, she cant be here today, er, because her pants fell down earlier on. Its not funny. If any of you see her, dont make a fuss because its a bit embarrassing for her, OK? Alright? Its not funny.

Death is, and must be, deeply emotional. To intentionally cause death is to engender a form of intimacy, one that we're not used to thinking about. To kill without emotion and without respect, or to ignore the intimacy inherent in the act, is to rob it of its dignity, and to rob the life that you are ending of its significance. By robbing death and life of significance we reduce ourselves to the machines Descartes dreamed about. And we deny our own significance.

If you're comfortable with who you are, however, it becomes no problem to let others be their own selves around you: you have faith that whoever they are and whatever they do, you will be able to respond appropriately.

White [...] "Indian wannabees" or as those who mine indiginous traditions the way multinationals mine their land.

Nearly all of your threatening haters will be forced to bow their heads before you; the day you have achieved your greatest accomplishment. -MillYentei

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

My father used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

Ram is her husband, not her master. As his wife, she has duties towards him but he has no rights over her.

Where there are no boundaries, there is no violation.

Never strike anyone below the waist. Never strike anyone in the back. Never strike anyone who is unarmed or helpless. Fight among equals and win by upholding the rules. Therein lies glory.

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

Part of universal hospitality is in the practice of befriending other religious traditions and practices, while remaining deeply grounded. Brent Bill thinks Christians need to engage in "theological hospitality," that we "should be open and welcoming…instead of starting with the theological differences that divide us.

Diana Butler Bass

There are things that I canna tell you, at least not yet. And I'll ask nothing of ye that ye canna give me. But what I would ask of ye---when you do tell me something, let it be the truth. And I'll promise ye the same. We have nothing now between us, save---respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies. Do ye agree?