Quotes About Respect

There are people who laugh at the horse who would not dare to laugh at the master.

Punctuality,' said Monte Cristo, 'is the politeness of kings, or so I believe one of your sovereigns claimed.

It is with valets as with wives, they must be placed at once upon the footing in which you wish them to remain. Reflect upon it. D'Artagnan

When you wish to obtain some concession from a man's self-love, you must avoid even the appearance of wishing to wound it.

On ne s'occupe pas assez, chez nous, de la dernière demeure de ceux qu'on aime : on pare leur lit d'un jour, et on oublie leur couche de l'éternité !

old age is boastful; and it is pardonable for old men to praise themselves when others no longer do it.

If I have been your friend, Morcerf, your present manner of speaking would almost lead me to forget that I ever bore that title.

L'honneur, c'est le respect de ce que l'on doit aux autres, et surtout de ce qu'on se doit à soi-même.»

Ser atento y cortés no es ser cobarde.

A Christian does not walk on tombs.

Leave us our poor relics, Roman, and do not complete the work of your fathers. They came as conquerors; you come as a friend. What was barbarism on their part, would be sacrilege on yours.

Il coraggio incute rispetto anche ai nemici

The prestige of royal power has evaporated, but the majesty of the law has failed to take its place. People nowadays despise authority yet still fear it, and fear extracts from them more than they previously gave out of respect and love.

I passionately love liberty, legality, respect for rights, but not democracy. That is what I find in the depth of my soul.

Though he be not hedged in with ceremonial respect, his sons at least accost him with confidence; no settled form of speech is appropriated to the mode of addressing him, but they speak to him constantly, and are ready to consult him day by day; the master and the constituted ruler have vanished—the father remains.

Americans often change their laws, but the foundation of the Constitution is respected.

Think of your goal as giving your child a kind of inoculation, providing him with the unconditional love, respect, trust, and sense of perspective that will serve to immunize him against the most destructive effects of an overcontrolling environment or an unreasonable authority figure.

I'm treating you like a relative. I don't pay enough for the privilege.

I never said actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.

Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.

Sometimes they would sit in the parlor together, both reading – in entirely separate worlds, to be sure, but joined somehow. When this happened, other people in the family couldn't bring themselves to disturb them. All that could be heard in the parlor was the sound of pages, turning.

Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can.

Never watch another woman burn

It wasn't right to have someone charge into you your world without even asking, acting as if you were nothing more than an egg to be flipped and flopped, sunny-side up or scrambled, depending on the whims on whoever ran your life..._