Quotes About Respect

She knew, with vast certainty, that she would never desire to be kissed by a man who had first asked her permission.

It is difficult to insult the man you don't speak to.

Reminding myself that these "servants" might be better born than myself, I treated them all with great courtesy and later wondered if that might not be the secret of the harmonious household, that all servants or royalty, be treated with the same courtesy.

My grandfather used to say, "Start out dealing with a man the way you intend to go on dealing with him." I think the same may be true of dragons.

Even if you do only a little damage, they will learn that touching you has a price. Some will not be willing to pay it. I

Horns not grown, he swings his head in warning and still all take heed.

a man who bears himself with authority will often have authority ceded to him.

I do not disparage any man's life. Consider my own, and tell me what height I look down from.

No, he has never struck me. But there are many ways for a man to be hard-handed with a woman that do not involve striking her.

I wanted us to share all our lives. You wish to keep me in a box, separate from your life. I cannot be someone you come to when you have nothing more important to do.

I felt suddenly old, and hastily entered Chade's chambers to remind myself that he was much older than I was.

It is the way of the young to accept the debilitations of old age very gracefully on behalf of their elderly parents. And

Three Ships folk know that what a person has for a mind is more important than what is between their legs. Three Ships women will not give up our place alongside our men simply to say we are part of Bingtown now.

Very little worth knowing is taught by fear," Burrich said stubbornly. And, more warmly: "It's a poor teacher who tries to instruct by blows and threats. Imagine taming a horse that way. Or a dog. Even the most knot-headed dog learns better from an open hand than a stick.

Some say 'a dog' or 'a horse' as if every one of them is like every other. I've heard a man call a mare he had owned for seven years 'it' as if he were speaking of a chair. I've never understood that. One does not have to be Witted to know the companionship of a beast, and to know that the friendship of an animal is every bit as rich and complicated as that of a man or woman.

Jovem como eu era, perguntava-me que espécie de homem era este que, com uma perna enfaixada, conseguia impor respeito a um recinto cheio de homens durões, com apenas um olhar ou uma palavra.

I supposed there was something about me that made all elderly folk assume my time was at their disposal.

Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words.

Appreciation is a big component of a succesful marriage.

If we don't exhibit a basic respect for the sacred in all living things, including our enemies (which is the real definition of "pro-life"), then we have done more than change the DNA structure of what it means to be an American. We have mangled it when it comes to being a Christian.

I can hear her now, in furious rebuttal: "To say that my revolutionary struggle is a male-defined one is to trivialize me the way you feminists claim men trivialize women. You refuse to take me, my politics, my militance, seriously as my own. You treat me as a pawn in a game between men. Is this your support? Is this what you call sisterhood?" And I would reply: "Yes. Trying to name the truth, however painful, to one another is the highest respect sisterhood can offer.

True acceptance of an individual as he is, without trying to change him through encouragement or manipulation or coercion, is a very high form of love, and very difficult for most of us to practice.

the most common model for ministry now is someone who is well married (preferably with children), respected, pious, and doesn't "cause trouble.

Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. That's why I always give people the benefit of the doubt; it's one of my rules to live by.