Quotes About Respect

I must find myself a life, a new life, even if all of life consists only of an endless search for life. What is respect compared to this other thing: being happy and having satisfied the heart's pride. Even being unhappy is better than being respected. I am unhappy despite the respect I enjoy; and so in my own eyes I don't deserve this respect; for I consider only happiness worthy of respect. Therefore I must try whether it is possible to be happy without insisting on respect.

You must hope and yet hope for nothing. Look up to something, yes, do that, because that is right for you, you're young, terribly young, Jakob, but always admit to yourself that you despise it, the thing that you're looking up to with respect.

But he wanted to make sure she had privacy and wouldn't be grossed out by a primitive bathroom.

Computers will have to learn that when I quote from some old author who spelled differently from the machine, the wishes of the long-dead author will have to be respected, and the machine will have to mind its manners

I think a great many marriages would be saved if people would behave toward one another with the same courtesy that they would extend to someone whom they really didn't know as well as a marriage necessarily implies. … It's not very easy to do, but it is surely easier to do than to haggle and nag and fight and bitch and yelp at one another as you hear a lot of married people doing … They seem to feel that the familiarity of affection permits anything, including insult.

I'd endured his nonsense as long as I was able before telling him that Mrs. Fournier's life was her own business and that if he wished to make himself useful to me he would point out the sights and explain the things I was seeing.

It was too important a matter, this talking to people, and listening to them, to do it lightly or often.

Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.

The soldier looked back at the King as the King looked at him; for a moment he wondered if he should bow, but the King's look seemed to wish to forestall him. The soldier saw a face for whom he would be willing to carry colors into battle once more, and the memory of his colonel seemed to fail and fade nearly to oblivion.

It was blissful, spending time with someone who would leave you alone. I loved him for it. And I was happy to repay in kind.

If you are blessed enough to still have your parents, honor them. And do it today.

Don't pick up the phone every time it rings. It is there for your convenience, not the convenience of others.

As you go through your workweek, reflect on the people that you work with and ask yourself whether you are showing up at your best with them and treating them as the magnificent people that they truly are.

On his deathbed, Aldous Huxley reflected on his entire life's learning and then summed it up in seven simple words: "Let us be kinder to one another.

Respect, honor and cherish the differences;

it could take 30 years to build your reputation and yet it can be lost in 30 seconds.

That's what unconditional love is all about—being an encourager of people's passions, loves, and dreams—even if you don't agree with them.

El nivel del trabajo que ofrecéis al mundo refleja la potencia del respeto por vosotros mismos.

to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others

you can say whatever you want so long as you say it with respect.

good manners are the lubricant of an organization.

Anyone can be a critic. Takes guts to be an encourager. Being a high-impact leader never requires being a disrespectful person.

The grade of work you offer to the world reflects the strength of the respect you have for yourself.

Sé siempre amable».